So of the military spouses selected / invited / accepting the chance to go to the White House, we ended up with practically only white people?
A very oddly self-selecting (or selected) group of #MilitarySpouses , one might think.
Or at least that looked like the story. It turns out that particular picture was taken back in April, when Ivanka Trump attended the Joint Armed Forces of Washington Luncheon. Which still looks kind of pasty-white and all-female, but is a self-selecting group.
That said, it’s understandable that there would be confusion, because Ivanka tweeted it yesterday in conjunction with the White House event, which was both for Military Spouses and Military Mothers (because Mothers Day, right?). And a closer look from Melania’s tweet of the event does show a few faces of color in the audience (though only just a few).
So a mostly-false-alarm, even if the folk up at the podium for the signing of a bill to help military spouses find work again look pretty darned pale.
Originally shared by +Ken Montville:
What’s the chance.
Of course, it seems like it was something that this Administration would do, so it wasn't readily apparent.
+Harold Chester That's another reason it got traction.
That said, I'm glad I did a bit of extra digging to the (very widely spread) image before I jumped on that bandwagon.