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Originally Posted by sterlingice
But it is one of those things you hear brought up a lot: why is there disproportional representation in management and government
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How disproportional is it currently, at least in government? I mean, you have 12.4% black population in the U.S., you've got 9.8% black representatives in the US House. You have 1 black Senator in Congress, you have zero states with a majority black population. With relatively small numbers (in Congress), it doesn't take many situations of clustered populations, political boundaries, or even simply white candidates appealing to black voters more than a black candidate for some non-racial reason to throw the numbers off by a few percentage points.