CNN on January 30: "Coronavirus task force another example of Trump administration's lack of diversity" https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/politics/donald-trump-coronav...
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>I dont think he would have been called sexist for that.
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The point is, this is a problem. When the task forces all end up dominated with rich, white, old men, then the problems that specific groups of the society face end up ignored/overlooked.
We have a similar issue in Germany at the moment - while we do have Ms. Merkel as chancellor, the advisor group (Leopoldina) only has two women in it and no representatives of e.g. disabled people - leading to the problem that issues of childcare or care for disabled persons, or poor people, or people locked down in totally inadequate cramped conditions completely lacked representation in their latest recommendations.
In France, it's similar but worse - there have been violent explosions last night as people literally cannot endure the enormous stress that a really strict lockdown in cramped housing causes.
A lack of diversity in advisory groups and task forces has real, quantifiable and sometimes deadly consequences.