BuzzFeed - Jim Young / Reuters WASHINGTON ? After years of lobbying, the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday will finally release a breakdown of its hiring and contracting practices that reveal incremental gains in diversity and inclusion over the past five years. A DNC official said the move is part of a commitment that the DNC's staff reflects the "great variety of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences that make up our party and our country," according a release made available to BuzzFeed News. In 2015, women made up 48% of DNC employees, according to a memo reviewed by BuzzFeed News; 35.9% were people of color, up from 32.1%. Blacks made up of 18.9% of the party's workforce last year, and 7.7% of employees were Hispanic-American; 8.1% were Asian-American or Pacific Islander; 1.2% were Native American. "The statistics also reflect that half of the Democratic National Committee's senior staff members are now female and that two-thirds are persons of color," the memo reads. The De
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