2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Kos: A Black Man's take on NN/BLM dustup: "Black Folks No on Bernie? Really?" [View all]staggerleem
(469 posts)Bernie Sanders has been representing the state of Vermont for about 30 years. It therefore follows that, in these early stages of the campaign, the vast majority of his campaign staff is from Vermont. While there are many things Vermont CAN brag about, ethnic diversity is not one of them - the 2010 census showed that over the decade starting in 2000, the non-Hispanic white population of Vermont decreased from about 95% to about 92%. The percentage of Vermont's population that identifies as Black is between 1.5% and 2%.
So, as the campaign progresses, the Sanders campaign is probably going to have to recruit some Black staffers from outside of his state, because I'm pretty sure that the diversity of his campaign staff is ALREADY a larger percentage than the diversity of that state.