US Senate Representation

US Senate representation - As arguably the most pointed quantitative example of systemic US racism, the most powerful seats of Congress have had just 10 African Americans out of over 1800 Senators overall, with just three out of 100 today (link/link). The inability of African Americans to win statewide Senate races has many causes, but necessarily results in poor long-term representation in governance. When we have 'arrived' at an equitable society, government officials will reflect the demographics of the US population. Consider the challenge at hand before America, to elect 13 African Americans to Senate at one time.