During the campaign, Trump talked about 'Black jobs'. He's nominated just one Black person for his cabinet [View all]

Source: The Independent

Friday 29 November 2024 17:16 GMT


Donald Trump owes his electoral victory to his campaign’s gains among Latino and Black voters. But the nominees for his historic second presidency largely reflect the overwhelmingly white makeup of Washington power.

Thus far, Trump has nominated one Black American to his 16-member Cabinet: Scott Turner for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He has also selected two Latino nominees: Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Secretary of Labor and Marco Rubio for Secretary of State.

When Trump was elected in 2016, his Cabinet included 19 white men, making it the least racially diverse group of the president’s closest advisers and heads of institutional power in more than 40 years. At the time, he had also appointed only one Black nominee to his cabinet; Ben Carson, like Turner, was also tapped for housing secretary.

But out of the 26 nominees for top roles in Trump’s next Cabinet and Cabinet-level positions thus far, 19 are white. Three positions have not yet been announced, and his Cabinet nominees still must face Senate confirmation, but there are more white men named Doug nominated for top positions in Trump’s Cabinet than there are Black nominees.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-black-jobs-cabinet-diversity-b2656129.html