Citing our reports on white male minority rule and the unbalanced demographics of elected prosecutors, Kimberly Atkins Stohr probes the right wing backlash to truthful data and reporting on race in America.
White men make up about 30 percent of the US population, but they held 65 percent of elected state, federal, and local offices in 2021, according to the most recent study by the Reflective Democracy Campaign…. And white men often hold the reins of power in the criminal justice system, making up 71 percent of elected prosecutors and a startling 90 percent of elected sheriffs, according to the Reflective Democracy survey.
