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The Biden administration has bet everything on racial discrimination with every agency and department being forced to develop equity plans. There are constant claims of “systemic racism”. But what’s the reality?
As leaders in the Biden administration move to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in government, they need a clear picture of the racial and ethnic makeup of the federal workforce.
While the federal government uses a merit system of nine principles to ensure fairness and equity in hiring, pay and promotions, the latest data make it clear that underrepresented groups still face a biased system and structural inequality in the workplace.
At first glance, the civil service appears to be racially unbiased. People of color make up about 40% of the U.S. population and about 38% of the full-time federal workforce. A closer look at the data, however, shows that this group holds a disproportionately small percentage of senior-level positions.
As of March 2021, people of color represent 47% of all full-time, entry-level employees but only 33% of senior-level positions.
Wait a minute. Hold your equity horses.
“People of color make up about 40% of the U.S. population… people of color represent 47% of all full-time, entry-level employees.”
There are some obvious statistical inequities here and they fall into the ‘equity’ discrimination category.
While the blog post rushes on to complain that senior staffers are too white, entry-level positions are skewed.
White people don’t become a minority until you look at the under-15 population (that’s why Dems will be ready to go nuclear to maintain an open border and endless ‘refugees’ and ‘immigrants’) so these numbers are clearly off.
Dems keep shouting that everything “needs to look like America”. Statistically, entry-level positions don’t look like America.
Maybe it’s time for a civil rights investigation of the federal government’s hiring practices.
Steven Kardas says
“The elimination of Merit and Competency to attain any position ,job, education etc… will destroy our civilization. ”
– Dr. Jordan Peterson
Kasandra says
It is encouraging that he writes, “will destroy our civilization.” That’s quite an optimistic view of our current situation.
Cat says
He thinks President Trump is a crazy man and the 2020 election was totally valid. And only one crazy man challenges it, Trump. This is on video.
Someone pushed the electroconvulsive therapy button a few too many times for old Jordan.
Cat says
He thinks President Trump is a crazy man and the 2020 election was totally valid. And only one crazy man challenges it, Trump. This is on video.
Someone pushed the electroconvulsive therapy button a few too many times for old Jordan.
js says
“The elimination of Merit and Competency to attain any position ,job, education etc… will destroy our civilization. ”
It already has. I pity the White subordinates under black leadership.
Algorithmic Analyst says
Then there is the Pareto distribution.: 20% of the people do 80% of the work. Who is the 20% in this case?
Kasandra says
Ooh, ooh, call on me. As a 40 year (former) federal employee in D.C., I can answer your question.
Ugly Sid says
I thought half the work was accomplished by the square root of the quantum devoted to the effort.
Put 9 on the job, 3 yield half the result.
The Captain says
Again, the stats are manipulated to fit the narrative. Sr. level positions almost exclusively require a bachelors degree or higher, thus the 33% OVER represents minorities which hold somewhere between 19-28% of degrees.
Daniel Greenfield says
excellent and important point
Kasandra says
For decades, federal service has largely been all about hiring and promoting women and minorities all the time. I could tell you all about it but you probably have a decent idea just using your own imagination.
Daniel Greenfield says
I would certainly benefit from hearing your stories.
Kasandra says
Here is one. In 1978, I was trying to move elsewhere in my agency to a more prestigious one to the one where I worked. One position after another went to a black applicant. I mentioned this to my boss who told me I just could deal with the possibility that a black applicant may have been better qualified than me. I told him that was not the case. Just wanted a level playing field. Well, a job opening came up and a black individual in my organization was, again, given the job. Our common boss came to me and say, “Yeah, you were right. I gave the (hiring organization) your recommendations. I told him you were a star and couldn’t give a recommendation on the successful applicant because I was unfamiliar with any work the successful applicant had done the entire time he was here. So he got me an interview with someone in a more prestigious organization where a black attorney was leaving to a top level job. They decided to hire me a the person in charge of hiring attorneys in my agency came up to me and stuck his finger in my face and told me, “You better work out because I had to put my neck on the line to replace (the black attorney who was leaving).”
Kasandra says
Part II – After I started in the job, that guy’s supervisor came up to me to tell me that he hating reviewing the departing attorney’s work because it was so bad he had to do a lot of work getting it into shape. The person leaving stopped by his former office that I was moving into to tell me that he had fond memories of playing many enjoyable games of backgammon in that office. (Well, it was the 1870s, after all.) Then there was the time in @2007 when I was not allowed to present a major decision to my agency at an open meeting (considered to be an honor) that I had written most of. It was a multi-hundred page decision and was going to be presented by 4 people. But one of the others was a white male who was politically connected to had written a small portion. It was explained to me that my part would be taken by a black woman because, and here I quote, “They wanted a rainbow at the table.”
Kasandra says
Part III – By the time I left in 2016, I was working for a black woman who had a succession of prestigious jobs what didn’t work out and continued to fail upwards (not uncommon in government service) who took 14 months to get a document I had written to another office for approval. Every few months our common boss would e-mail me to ask me where the document was (which I would tell her) I’m sure because she was afraid to raise it with the black woman for fear a complaint of racism would be filed against her. I could go on, but you get the idea. It was a constant feature of life in my agency from 1976 when I started to 2016 when I left. Any more and you’ll want to hang yourself like the people in the movie “Airplane” did when Robert Hayes was telling them his tail of woe.
Algorithmic Analyst says
Thanks Kasandra, great stories!
Kasandra says
Thanks. Just some of my greatest hits.
Kasandra says
It is encouraging that he writes, “will destroy our civilization.” That’s quite an optimistic view of our current situation.
Wm. Layer says
Discrimination has been going on a long time. See my Washington Times op-ed May 30, 2017 “A history of excluding veterans. The Obama Justice Department discriminated against veterans but so did the Carter and Clinton administrations”.
Daniel Greenfield says
thank you