"Blaxit"? At Least 21 Black Staffers Have Quit Joe Biden's Administration

The Very, Very, Very, Very White House.

Gonna put y'all back in chains. And also, on Monster.com.

At least 21 Black staffers have left the White House since late last year or are planning to leave soon. Some of those who remain say it's no wonder why: They describe a work environment with little support from their superiors and fewer chances for promotion.

You mean that the Biden Administration hires black staffers for diversity reasons but does not value their work nor intend for them to rise above their appointed (low) station?

That doesn't sound very much like the Democrat Party I know.

The departures have been so pronounced that, according to one current and one former White House official, some Black aides have adopted a term for them: "Blaxit."

The first big exit came in December, when Kamala Harris' senior adviser and chief spokesperson Symone Sanders announced she was leaving, ultimately for a gig at MSNBC. Since then, Harris senior aides Tina Flournoy, Ashley Etienne and Vincent Evans, and public engagement head Cedric Richmond have left.

Oh well if we're going to talk about Kamala Harris' staffers leaving, we'll be here all day.

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The exodus has raised concerns among outside observers who push for the diversification of government ranks.

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A White House official pushed back on those concerns, saying that around 14 percent of current White House staffers identify as Black -- in line with national proportions.

Karine Jean-Pierre literally bragged that the black population of the US was 13.4%, and the White House has (or had) 14% black employment, so they're really nailing it.

Joe Biden's Very White House

Where doing the Bare Minimum for Diversity is considered something to brag about.

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The reasons for the departures may vary. But the totality of them has not gone unnoticed within the ranks, according to interviews with nine current and former Black White House officials. Three Black staffers who currently work in the White House -- and were granted anonymity because of fear of reprisal -- said the exodus has hurt morale, compounding problems that exist elsewhere. They described an operation in which mentorship is hard to come by and opportunity to move up the ranks of a tight-knit operation is exceptionally rare.

"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," said one of the current Black White House officials. "There is no real feedback and there's no clear path to any kind of promotions."

Biden had pledged upon entering office that his administration "would look like America looks" and include "a full range of talents we have in all our people."

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But for some of the disaffected Black current and former staffers, the concerns are not just centered around matters of salary. The continued pandemic has forced aides to continue to have many meetings over Zoom and limit staff socializing events, making it harder to build staff cohesion and keep morale up, staffers say.

Ughh. Leftists shut the world down, but they're the ones who moan and complain the most about lost networking opportunities due to work-from-home policies.

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Elsewhere, however, there is frustration over how policy priorities are being communicated.... [P]rivately, several staffers said there was a growing sense that some of the major issues important to Black voters and lawmakers have gone either unfulfilled or become less emphasized.

"The issues that are the highest priority for our community are no longer at the forefront of the administration's priority list," said the third Black White House official. "When 10 Black people got killed at a grocery store [in Buffalo, N.Y.], it's business as usual and no one stops to say to you, 'Are you okay?'"

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"They gave us a mandate to execute on all the things that we promised and not only are we not delivering on that front, but then we're not also delivering to the staff that came in on the basis of that promise," said the first of the current White House officials. "People go home to their families or their communities, and what can they point to specifically? They can't even point to their own experiences as positive."

I think the left should come up with a "trans" term for Blacks, like Blaxyx or something. Just to really hasten the Blaxit.

posted by Ace at 04:18 PM

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