Half of the Democratic delegates were people of color...

[sofa king]

... For Republicans, it was only 6%.

That is the stunning title of this Vox article here:

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/29/12295830/republican-democratic-delegates-diversity-nonwhite

The available data shows that an estimated 6 percent of delegates who attended the Republican National Convention weren’t white and only 18 were black, which, according to Daniel Donner at Daily Kos, is the lowest percentage of black delegates at a GOP convention since 1912.

With some stunning graphics, as well.

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I for one could not be happier about this. It tells me that the Democratic Party has made good on its commitment to be inclusive, and the voters have responded by becoming integral participants in the political process.

Furthermore, I'd like to point out that this is the key to victory in the future, not only because of the demographic changes that the United States will experience in coming years, but because the Democratic Party now has a much larger and more diverse pool of expertise upon which to draw. More, better, and more diverse members is how WE will guide the United States through the 21st Century.

[Rex]

1. What gets me are the GOPers always asking why people think their party is racist.

The proof is in the pudding.

[sofa king]

2. Truth!

The proof is in the vanilla pudding, as the case may be.

[bluedye33139]

3. One of the core Democratic values that I love the most

is inclusion and the ongoing effort to make the United States more inclusive and to do away with the vestiges of white supremacist ideology that were and are so poisonous in our nation.

[stopbush]

4. A lot of that is due to our having super delegates.

Which is why the Congressional Black Caucus is dead set against getting rid of the supers.