OK, “Blaxit” is a ridiculous word, but Politico reports that at least 21 black staffers have left the White House since late last year or are planning on leaving soon. It looks like President Joe Biden is going to have to put them back in chains to retain them. Let’s check with Politico and learn why so many black staffers are leaving, and see if they devote any of their report to all of the racist things Biden has said and then had to walk back. After all, if you didn’t vote for him, you ain’t black.
SCOOP: At least 21 Black staffers have left the White House since late last year or are planning to leave soon, with some calling it "Blaxit." Staffers who remain describe a work culture with little support from superiors and fewer chances for promotion. https://t.co/2sibnFwlr4
— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) May 31, 2022
We don’t imagine Chief of Staff Ron Klain is going to be retweeting this one.
“We’re here and we’re doing a lot of work but we’re not decision-makers and there’s no real path towards becoming decision-makers,” one current Black WH official told me. “There is no real feedback and there’s no clear path to any kind of promotions.”https://t.co/2sibnFwlr4
— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) May 31, 2022
A number of staffers who left said it was on good terms. Some departures were for graduate school opportunities. Others went to different cabinet departments. Several said they were leaving because of family matters.
— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) May 31, 2022
Jamal Simmons, Harris’ communications director, downplayed the notion that internal operations had been bumpy, saying that the White House has been “welcoming and enabling of our communications ideas.”
— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) May 31, 2022
If there’s one person to ask about retaining staffers, it’s Vice President Kamala Harris.
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One WH official pushed back on the concerns, saying around 14% of current WH staffers identify as Black — in line w/ national proportions. The official added that the number is expected to increase soon and that 15% of Black staffers have been promoted in the last year.
— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) May 31, 2022
Wow, are people in the replies ticked at Politico for making this a story. But Trump!
No not, not the segregationist. I’m so shocked 😳
— Che (@MrChe718) May 31, 2022
Who could have ever predicted that the administration of the 80-year-old segregationist who built the modern police state, and has several decades of flagrantly racist comments, would have been so unwelcoming to non-whites?
It's just so shocking.
— Snarkansas Goober (@TheOzarkansan) May 31, 2022
If you don’t work for me, then you ain’t black
— Pat Womack (@pwomack1960) May 31, 2022
All that fake support for diversity, very sad, but we told y’all this would be the case. So I am not surprised.
— Nicholas T. Morris (@NMorris76) May 31, 2022
It’s an incompetent administration with laughable leadership. So that’s who you work for.
— Old Head Painter (@DCreyke) May 31, 2022
It’s funny how many people are pointing to Karine Jean-Pierre’s promotion as proof that Politico’s article is bogus. Did she mention she’s black and gay, and an immigrant? On her first day, that’s right.
Based on the performance of this White House, nobody should be expecting promotions. Entitled culture.
— Gen. William Sherman (@tecumsehsherm) May 31, 2022
A Democratic strategist warned us last fall that Politico was “right-wing propaganda” and people they contact for stories should “freeze them out.”
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POPCORN! Sources close to Kamala Harris claim she’s SUPER unpopular because racist Biden admin only defends white men https://t.co/TeeLKjjvGD
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 18, 2021
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