The power of white men in the United States

Although white males are only 39.2% of the U.S. population, these are the percentages of white males in positions of institutional authority: 92% of state governors 90% of daily newspaper editors 82.5% of Forbes 400 (>$265 million) 77% of U.S. Congress 77% of TV news directors 70% of tenured college faculty source: MC Kirk, University of Washington, Bothell