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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: BT on August 03, 2012, 07:46:19 PM
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79355.html (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79355.html)
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Charlotte is pretty devoid of any sizable Hispanic community. They will work this out eventually.It is of no real consequence.
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Apparently it is of consequence, for it to be brought out in a house caucus meeting. And Charlotte certainly does have a sizable hispanic population, the first time i encountered an English/Spanish ATM was in Charlotte about 12 years ago.
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According to the 2010 United States Census, the racial composition of Charlotte was:
White: 50.0% (Non-Hispanic Whites: 45.1%)
Black or African American: 35.0%
Hispanic or Latino American (of any race): 13.1%
Asian American: 5.0%
Native American: 0.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
some other race: 6.8%
two or more races: 2.7%
How many of that 13.1% do you think have services that the Convention could use?
This has been brought to the Party's attention and they will work it out. It is hardly any big deal.
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Since it the Democrat Convention, they need to set aside contracts with the following target quotas:
White: 50.0% (Non-Hispanic Whites: 45.1%)
Black or African American: 35.0%
Hispanic or Latino American (of any race): 13.1%
Asian American: 5.0%
BTW 18% Hispanic is not insignificant.
If this were the GOP convention then the bids would be awarded by merit with no quota set asides.
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If this were the GOP convention then the bids would be awarded by merit with no quota set asides.
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And "merit" would be determined by the business and/or family relationship between the guy writing the checks and the contractors.
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If the guy writing the checks is responsible for the success of the convention, then yes.