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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 11:49:00 ET
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- From: "Ellen.Edgerton" <EBEDGERT@SUADMIN.BITNET>
- Subject: More cabinet appointments
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- >
- > Could you name a minority that is more sizable?
- >
- Well, off the top of my head I know that according to the 1990 census
- records, blacks are 12 to 13% of the U.S. population. Of course, that
- is an official census count, and not an "estimate" so I guess it
- couldn't possibly be as significant as the "10 to 15%" of homosexuals
- that are >guessed< to be in the U.S. population. Although I believe
- the guess is probably accurate.
- >
- > I never said that Clinton doesn't have any real feelings for women or
- > minorities. All I meant to say was that he is not going to ACT on those
- > feelings.
- > Sam.
-
- You're obviously a member of America's smallest (and therefore, I imagine,
- least significant) minority: Psychics.
-
- Why don't you talk about the REAL important minority group in this country,
- and the largest: anyone who is not a white male? But then again, who really
- has the most power? White protestant males? White males of English
- descent? Where does it end?
-
- We are all in this together. I don't want to play percentage games with you,
- Sam, because I am a member of a 53% "minority." It doesn't matter. What
- matters is that progress is being made in a timely manner. Some will argue
- that it is not being made with these cabinet appointments. I feel it is.
- I don't feel that all minorities are adequately represented. I am not
- totally satisfied. But it is clearly the most diverse cabinet this country
- has ever seen up to now, and it is not just tokenism.
-
- If the cabinet has to look just like America, are you sure that one
- homosexual would be sufficient for your demands? Wouldn't you rather
- have 1.8? That would be perfectly reflective of America, wouldn't it?
-
- As for Clinton's commitment to lifting the ban on gays in the military,
- apparently you feel he will not do anything towards that either; if he
- takes his time and focuses on establishing codes of sexual conduct, which
- would benefit women in the military as well as homosexuals, I sense that
- would not sit very well with you, because it would not be just a
- homosexual-specific solution to the problem.
-
- The solutions to all these injustices that must be changed -- they will
- have an effect on ALL minorities. We've got to stop playing quota and
- percentage games. It's not the way out of our problems.
-
-
- Ellen
-