Susan Rice says U.S. national security agencies are too white

Statements like this pretty much pisses on the words of MLK Jr when he stated he wanted his children to live " ... in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

WOW, Just when I think nothing could get any stupider, and yes I know that is not proper English. When will we STOP being so politically correct and just get the right person for the right job PERIOD. I stated this in another article that it shouldn't matter what your ethnic background is, it should be can they do the job. I am not a fan of Rice or several of the political establishment, but then again I never had to be. This is one of the reasons that the alphabet soup (agencies) don't talk to each other because of stupid people thinking they are better than someone else. Get over it and do the freak'n job you are paid to do, or move over and allow someone else to do the job.

Not a fan of Rice...and I'm struggling not to be influenced by that in my comments.

For starters, she drifts off target real quick...If, alternatively, Rice had said, "You know what, we need more ethnic agents to fit into intel gathering areas better", I'd have probably thought, "Ok". Instead, she has to make a point about positions of power, influence, and American not being fully represented.

That's just throwing about ideologies to a) garner support for the "Party" in an election year, and b) make all the people on the "Right" go nuts and say crazy things Hillary can use later.

The truth is that I served under just as many "ethnic" senior officers as "whites"...I work in an industry that is predominantly Central Asian...the mayor of the largest city near to me is a Hispanic woman...face it, there is no official (or apparently effective) barrier to entering any position based on race.

But we can't have that, now can we? If that were proven true, then we'd have to ask why MORE ethnic people aren't in power. Then, we'd have to ask what those who are have in common with their white peers. Then, we might have to admit that success and influence aren't coefficients of diversity...but merit; which has nothing to do with race.