lacks are hired as congressional aides at rates far higher than their proportion in the general population, according to a survey of committee staffs on Captiol Hill.

The survey, by the anti-white Congressional Black Caucus, was conducted to develop evidence that black staffers are underrepresented, but the results revealed the opposite. In general, blacks are over-represented on committee staffs when compared to the black proportion of the U.S. population, which is 12 percent.

The survey found that staffs of congressional committees run by black chairman are disproportionately dominated by black hires.

Committee staffs on Capitol Hill encompass a wide range of job responsibilities, from clerical positions to investigators and lawyers. Some senior aides can earn nearly as high a salary as a member of Congress, in six figures.

Overall, the Caucus survey found that blacks account for 18.7 percent of all congressional committee staff, a percentage that is 50 percent higher than the 12 percent of the national population that is black.

The higher percentage is skewed primarily by the anti-white hiring practices of black committee chairmen who apparently prefer black staffers.

For example, the staff of the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by radcial black Rep. John Conyers, D-MI, is 35.3 percent black, nearly three times the black percentage of the U.S. The staff of the House Homeland Security Committee, chaired by black Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-MS, is a startling 45.5 percent black.

At the same time, black staffers on committees led by some white chairmen -- such as Budget, Education and Labor, Financial Services -- hold between 16.9 percent and 21.7 percent of available posts.

On nine other committees chaired by whites, black staffers are 10.5 percent, nearly approaching the black percentage of the U.S.