Sally Vix wrote:
When did "diversity" only mean blacks and women? Lloyd Austen - is he really the best choice for defense head or simply because he is black? Janet Yellen- you are telling me she is better than any male candidate? Why does "diversity" only mean blacks and women? Where are Biden's picks of asia-americans, hispanic-americans or indian-americans? Blacks make up only about 2% of attorneys but we want to nominate 20% to posts simply because they are black. I am not hitting on blacks but they are a favored group when asians, hispanics and indians are ignored. Just a shame.
Well, all the appointments aren't made yet. But in addition to his Veep being half Indian and half black, the rumored HHS secretary is Hispanic and a couple of Native Americans are in the running for top posts. I would like to see more Asians at the end of the day as well, but the Trump administration didn't cover itself in glory on that score either. His Transportation secretary probably got the role as much because of her marriage to Mitch.
And Yellen? Her resume justifies the pick. One could quibble about whether someone would be more perfect, but that is always the case (looking at many of Trump's picks on that point). And not everyone wants the job.