re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth

There does not appear to be a single Hispanic or person of color at this table despite the entire debate focusing on immigration

That doesn’t make the debate/discussion irrelevant. There’s a wide variety of opinion within the Latino communities about immigration. Though it would be nice to have someone in the room who is a bit closer to the real issues than “oh, my nanny is from Bolivia”.

On another note, I get somewhat annoyed by the argument that you can only be represented by someone who is exactly like you. If that’s the case, as a man living in California, I haven’t been represented in the Senate since I was in junior high school. It is a net positive to have people with different live experiences and perspectives in the room, but to act like a white person can’t represent black people, or vice versa, is to object to the entire concept of representative democracy.