This morning I read a fascinating piece by bobswern entitled: Markos Moulitsas’ Shameless, Racially Divisive Hit Job on Sanders Campaign/Supporters Continues. In his piece, he asked an important question:
Sanders’ first White House campaign is about 12 weeks old. This is Hillary’s (and Bill’s) fourth campaign for the presidency over the past 24 (plus/minus) years.
Sanders had a total of 51 campaign employees on staff, as of July 21st, 25%+ (13) of whom are people of color. How many hundreds (is it more than a thousand) does Hillary have?
Consequently, I looked it up and discovered the following:
Hillary Clinton Has The Most Diverse Campaign Staff, Report Finds
In a post on their Facebook page, Inclusv -- an organization founded by one-time Obama campaign staffers dedicated to increasing diversity hiring in campaigns and elections -- broke down the diversity of staff members working for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley.
Citing the July 1 FEC filings, the group reported that Clinton's staff is 32 percent non-white, O’Malley's staff is 9 percent non-white and Sanders' staff is 10 percent non-white.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
So again, this report indicates:
Hillary - 32%
Sanders- 10%
O'Malley - 9%
I believe the differences with the reporting are as follows. When Huffpo wrote their story on 7/21/2015, the Bernie Team did the following:
"Sanders' campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Later that evening, the Sanders team responded to Inclusv with these new numbers:
The Bernie Sanders campaign has updated us with their current numbers. As our press release called for, this is a great first step in transparency from their campaign.
"51 people on staff, 13 are minorities including African-Americans, Latinos and Asians. That's more than 25 percent." https://www.facebook.com/...
So now, the current tally is:
Hillary: 32%
Bernie: 25%
O'Malley: 9%
Hopefully, I've added context to bobswerns original piece.