US President Biden. yunhap news-For the first time in history in the United States, a black secretary of defense emerged.
The US Senate passed the approval of Lloyd Austin, who was nominated as the first defense secretary of the Joe Biden administration on the 22nd (local time).
93 voted in favor and only two opposed.
“Austin, a graduate of West Point (US Military Academy), who marched through racial barriers in his 41-year military career, became the first African American defense minister,” the AP said.
President Biden awarded the letter of appointment to Secretary Lloyd on the same day and ordered him to go to work.
Before taking office, President Biden emphasized that he would increase the diversity of the cabinet composition.
“We will organize the cabinet to look like the United States,” he said, expressing his intention to avoid white-centered personnel.
Because of this, there have been many observations that many blacks will be employed.
In fact, if you analyze the 35 people assigned to the major positions organized by NPR, the number of black people is counted as five.
In addition to Secretary of Defense Austin, UN Ambassador Linda Greenfield, Housing Development Minister Masia Fuzzy, Environment Protection Commissioner Michael Reagan, and Environmental Protection Commission Chairman Brenda Mallory.
Of the 35, 14% are black.
It seems to fit exactly the proportion of blacks (15%) of the total US population.
Of the 35, 17 are women.
That is, exactly 50% of the total is devoted to women, making up half of the population.
In the case of LGBTQ people, there is one Transportation Minister Pete Booty.
As a percentage, it is 2.8%.
It may be a person referring to the ratio of homosexuals in the United States (1.7%).
For this reason, some criticize President Biden’s greetings as being overly arbitrary.
There is a concern that people who are under-content may come out while trying to fit the greetings into the’population map’ too much.
On the other hand, out of the 35 denominations who were given major positions, nine were immigrants or of color.
Homeland Security Minister Alhandro Mallorcas, Catherine Thai Trade Representative, Attorney General Merrick Garland, Health Minister Xavier Bessera, Interior Minister Dev Halland, Minister of Education Miguel Kadona, Minister of Education, Adewali Adejemo, Vice Minister of Finance, Vivek Murty, Director of Public Health , Rohit Chopra, Director of Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
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