Quick Hit: Political Progress

I am happy to say I can now officially update my numbers re: the demographics of the United States government: Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court Saturday.

The numbers again:

Supreme Court:

• 5 women, 4 men
• at least one per racial group**
  • White, non-Hispanic
  • Black/African-American
  • Hispanic/Latin@
  • Asian
  • Native American/Alaskan Native
  • Native Hawai’ian/Pacific Islander
  • Other***
• One justice would have a disability
• At least once justice would be LGB, and preferably another be T/I

Current gender demographics: 1 woman, 8 men 2 women, 7 men
Current racial demographics: 1 African-American (a man), 8 white non-Hispanic 1 Hispanic/Latin@ (a woman), 7 non-Hispanic whites.

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