It has already been said, but I'll reiterate: one != all.
This will be a more valid discussion when the proportion of black and female Congresspersons and CEOs matches that of the general population.
We are decidedly far from that metric at the present moment.
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As of 2007, 477 members of Congress are male (84%) and 88 are female (16%).
African Americans currently make up about 13% of the US population, but have historically been underrepresented in Congress. Currently 42 members (9.5%) of the House are black. There are currently no African-American Senators; Barack Obama, the most recent, resigned from his position on November 16, 2008, after winning the Presidential election of 2008.
Only five African Americans have served in the U.S. Senate. Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce both served during Reconstruction in then majority-black Mississippi. In the modern era, Edward Brooke (served 1967-79), Carol Moseley Braun (served 1993-99 as the first black female senator), and Barack Obama (served 2005-08) are the only blacks to have served in the upper house.
Representation of Hispanics is somewhat complex, particularly because of the different ways to define membership in this group. Hispanics represent over 14% of the U.S. population, while the Senate is 3% Hispanic and the House is approximately 5% (25 members) Hispanic. Considering that Hispanics make up only 4% of American voters, Hispanic political incorporation has been relatively high compared with previous immigrant groups.
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As an unrelated side note, I have to say I'm kinda proud to be from the state responsible for 2/5 of the black Senators so far in history, and the first African American president. That's pretty awesome.