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I really like this website's layout! The final paragraph stood out to me though: > White people still hold a disproportionate share of the top, highly paid jo

I really like this website's layout! The final paragraph stood out to me though: > White people still hold a disproportionate share of the top, highly paid jobs in the US at S&P 100 companies. With the graphic behind it stating 74% of executive positions are held by White people. According to census.gov, 75.5% of the U.S. population is White[0]. Wouldn't that make the distribution pretty bang on? [0] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045222 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045222

clipsy 3y ago
Things can get a bit tricky depending on whether you consider "Hispanic" to be a race or ethnicity; if you consider "White" to mean "White, non-Hispanic" the figure is actually 58.9%[0]. Since TFA breaks out Hispanic and White as different categories without mentioning this I suspect they are viewing it that way, but I can't say for certain. [0]: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045222 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045222 Amusing aside: I belatedly noticed we've both cited the exact same page!