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White House Criticized For Its All-White Spring Intern Class

White House Criticized For Its All-White Spring Intern Class
White House Spring 2018 Interns
By Paula Rogo · Updated October 24, 2020

The White House released a photo of its spring interns on Friday and the internet couldn’t ignore an obvious detail about the group: it’s overwhelmingly white.

Twitter users were quick to point out the lack of diversity among the interns, especially when comparing it to the White House intern classes under former President Barack Obama.

Presidential White House Interns in 2014 & 2018. Obama White House color brave...Trump White House color blind. pic.twitter.com/BoMCDMFuPp

— James Costos 🇺🇸 (@JamesCostos) March 31, 2018

“The White House intern photo is like a Where’s Waldo for a non-white person — in a country that is about 40% non-white,” Washington Post columnist Brian Klaas said.

https://twitter.com/KimberlyNFoster/status/980666449273479168

For context, White House interns 2016, what America REALLY looks like, DIVERSE. pic.twitter.com/AGsyRQ1LhR

— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) March 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/sahluwal/status/979979993093611525

Are you surprised to see this in Trump’s White House?