About 100% of Iowa and New Hampshire Democrats who caucus or vote in the primaries will choose a white candidate next month. That’s quite an outcome for the much vaunted “most racially diverse field ever.”

Why? Sometimes, the media likes to blame the whiteness of the early states. The New York Times explained that “some of the problem is structural: Iowa and New Hampshire — two of the whitest states in the country — play an outsize role … ” in the whole process.