{"id":1498191,"date":"2022-05-31T12:46:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T16:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498191"},"modified":"2022-05-31T12:46:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T16:46:34","slug":"blaxit-white-house-sees-massive-exodus-of-black-staffers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blaxit-white-house-sees-massive-exodus-of-black-staffers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Blaxit\u2019: White House Sees Massive Exodus Of Black Staffers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblaxit-white-house-sees-massive-exodus-of-black-staffers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498191&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A significant number of black staffers have left the Biden White House over the past few months, with some alleging a negative work environment that does not present many opportunities to advance their careers, Politico reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning with Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 senior adviser and chief spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/02\/harris-chief-spokeswoman-symone-sanders-leaving-white-house-at-end-of-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Symone Sanders<\/a> in December, at least 21 black staffers have departed or plan to depart the White House, Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/31\/biden-white-house-black-staffers-00035931?nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=0b34fe84-ed71-4a96-9b4b-77a80cb8363b&#038;nlid=630318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. Some of the staffers have started calling the development \u201cBlaxit\u201d due to how noticeable the trend is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey brought in a ton of black people generally to start without ever establishing an infrastructure to retain them or help them be successful,\u201d a black staffer currently working at the White House told Politico. \u201cIf there is no clear infrastructure of how to be successful, you become just as invisible in this space than you would be if you were not in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While some of the staffers said they left on good terms with the administration, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/22\/kamala-harris-chief-of-staff-tina-flournoy-leaving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">departures<\/a> allegedly affected the morale of the White House, exacerbating the problems that already existed, staffers told Politico. Public engagement head Cedric Richmond\u2019s decision to leave reportedly severely diminished the spirits of those still in the administration.<\/p>\n<p>One staffer told Politico that Richmond was seen as a \u201cbig brother\u201d and \u201cthe voice of those folks,\u201d Politico reported. Another said he was \u201ca nucleus\u201d for black staffers, adding there no one had been able to fill his shoes since he left.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7440232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7440232\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to members of the press as her press secretary Symone D. Sanders looks on at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport before she boards Air Force Two to return to Washington, DC, June 14, 2021 in Greer, South Carolina. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Richmond told Politico that the administration had done more than those before it to give young black staffers greater responsibilities and that most were simply leaving for better opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have heard about an exodus of black staffers from the White House \u2014 \u2018Blaxit\u2019 \u2014 and I am concerned,\u201d Spencer Overton, president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, told Politico. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/13\/jen-psaki-last-day-white-house-press-secretary-msnbc-gig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Psaki Chokes Up As She Addresses Press One Final Time Before Leaving For Reported MSNBC Gig)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlack voters accounted for 22 percent of President Biden\u2019s voters in November 2020. It is essential that Black staffers are not only recruited to serve in senior, mid-level and junior White House positions, but are also included in major policy and personnel decisions and have opportunities for advancement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A number of staffers expressed frustration with deputy chief of staff Jen O\u2019Malley Dillon for failing to retain and promote black employees. Other officials said the blame was misplaced, as Dillon only signs off on promotions rather than making the decisions herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president is incredibly proud to have built what continues to be the most diverse White House staff in history, and he is committed to continuing historic representation for black staff and all communities,\u201d White House Press Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/12\/martha-maccallum-jared-bernstein-lisa-cook-diversity-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> told Politico in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a normal time for turnover across the board in any administration and black staff have been promoted at a higher rate than staff who are not diverse,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not respond to The Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A significant number of black staffers have left the Biden White House over the past few months, with some alleging a negative work environment that does not present many opportunities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":1498243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}