Chicago’s City Hall is being investigated by the federal Department of Justice over Mayor Brandon Johnson’s hiring practices. Cate Cauguiran reports at ABC 7 Chicago:
CHICAGO (WLS) — The U.S. Department of Justice is opening up a civil rights investigation into the city of Chicago, it said in a letter to the mayor’s office on Monday.
The DOJ is specifically looking into the city’s hiring practices.
This comes after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s remarks at the Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn on Sunday prompted a barrage of social media posts calling for an investigation.
This adds a little more texture:
Johnson’s office released a statement on Monday afternoon, saying, “Mayor Johnson is proud to have the most diverse administration in the history of our city. Our administration reflects the diversity and values of Chicago. Unfortunately, the current federal administration does not reflect either. We are aware of the letter issued by the Department of Justice, but are awaiting the official receipt of the letter. Our Corporation Counsel will review it at that time.”
The mayor’s office released a demographics breakdown of the office. It’s 34.3% Black, 30.5% White, 23.8% Hispanic and 6.7% Asian.
That demographic breakdown bears little resemblance to anything—it’s certainly not the demographics of the City of Chicago. Hispanics and Asians are underrepresented if anything.
Mayor Johnson’s remarks remind me of what used to be said about the Ford Model T: any color you want as long as it’s black.
I should add that the demographic breakdown is inherently misleading. It is deliberately divisive. Neither Hispanic nor Asian are a race, an identity, or anything else other then a politically motivated census category. If Irish-Americans, Italian-Americans, etc. were broken out of the “white” category, the United States would have stopped having a white majority a century and a half ago.
“According to 2021 US Census Bureau American Community Survey one-year estimates, which is conducted annually for cities over 65,000 via sampling, the population of Chicago, Illinois was 36.1% White (32.9% Non-Hispanic White and 3.2% Hispanic White), 28.5% Black or African American, 6.9% Asian, 1.1% Native American and Alaskan Native, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 13.1% Some Other Race, and 14.2% from two or more races.[21]
The White population is the largest racial category and includes the 10.9% of Hispanics who identify as White”
Yup. Looks like you need 0.2% more Asians and 2.4% more whites and 5.8% les blacks. The way they do Hispanics is always screwed up so hard to tell for them.
Steve