ablokhin via Getty Images 313 House members were found to have no people of color in key positions, despite minorities making up some 38 percent of the U.S. population. People of color make up just 13.7 percent of top staffers in the House of Representatives, and nearly three-quarters of the chamber’s lawmakers have no senior staff members who are minorities, according to a report released Tuesday. There were 313 House members found to have no people of color in key positions, despite minorities making up some 38 percent of the U.S. population. But while Democratic lawmakers have, on average, greater representation among senior staff, representation is still far off kilter from the country’s demographics. People of color make up just 8 percent of top staff in white Democratic lawmakers’ offices, and just 3 percent in white Republican members’.

Source: Huffington Post September 12, 2018 10:07 UTC