Mayor Lightfoot declares racism a public health crisis in Chicago

Washington Examiner ^ | 6/17/21 | Jeremy Beaman

[Libloather]

Racism against black Chicago residents constitutes a public health crisis within the city, Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared on Thursday.

Lightfoot said in a press conference that it is “way past time that as a city” made the declaration, which followed the publication of a Tuesday report by the Chicago Department of Public Health reporting the difference in life expectancy between black and non-black residents is 9.2 years.

“We’ve made undeniable progress in our city, and I’m standing here today as the first black woman and first LGBTQ mayor as a testament to that progress,” the mayor said. “But no one thinks that we’ve gone far enough, and in fact, we have not.”

[hanamizu]

“...as the first black woman and first LGBTQ mayor as a testament to that progress,”

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Wait a minute! I thought the current correct form is “LGBTQI+” What does she have against the I+s?

[Trillian]

Democrats are the biggest threat to people in chicago.

[Richard Axtell]

Pathetic idiot. Chicago is doomed.

[bluejean]

They won’t be happy until Chicago is like the Mad Max movies and they have their own Thunderdome.

[qaz123]

According to City Data, Chicago is:

33.5% - white …. 28.8% - Hispanic …. 28.5% - Black

Of the 33% white folk, I’m betting most of them are the Democrat union type. The Conservatives in iilinois live elsewhere in the state.

Looks like police leadership is perfectly balanced by race but the top 2 are black guys

Fire Chief is black

Of the 50 icy council seats 46 are Democrats, 4 are Independents

Soooo……after decades of control in the city, it’s long last time to keep talking about racism and inequality for folks.

[alexander_busek]

Lightfoot said in a press conference that it is “way past time that as a city” made the declaration, which followed the publication of a Tuesday report by the Chicago Department of Public Health reporting the difference in life expectancy between black and non-black residents is 9.2 years.

Statistics show that, nationally, Black women have a higher life expectancy than White men. So, is racism/sexism the cause?

Regards,

[jimmygrace]

I guess it’s more serious a health problem than lead poisoning...

[Veggie Todd]

And then she goes home to her white live-in lesbian “wife”.

[laweeks]

Yeah, it’s dem’ evil white folk that’s doin’ it.

Can you believe that of the 3 million people in that city, that that freako lesbian ogre-ette is the only one whom they elected to be the mayorette?

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Lightfoot is the “public health crisis”. tally up how many blacks have been killed by criminals on her “watch”. If she were white, she’d be in jail by now.

[CheneyClone]

“I’m standing here today as the first black woman and first LGBTQ mayor”

You get the government that you deserve. It’s not her philosophy and policies that are important or her defining characteristics, it’s her veneer and sexual orientation.

[Wilderness Conservative]

If someone is a total asshole, can someone of a different race not like them and not be racist?

[liberalh8ter]

Says the black person who announced she would only talk to black reporters one day.

[Vision]

How convenient for her.

[Bookshelf]

In tribal Chicago you have the inception of George Orwell’s Eastasia, Eurasia, and Oceania.

[Sans-Culotte]

She got them thyroid eyes.

[BenLurkin]

“first LGBTQ mayor as a testament to that progress,” the mayor said. “But no one thinks that we’ve gone far enough,”

Muff munching mayor = too far already.

[1Old Pro]

This gal is whacked, tells me a lot about Chicago voters and Chicago in general. Thankfully America is large and there are plenty of incredible places to visit and see that are not full of morons like so many of our Blue cities.

[meyer]

Mayor “don’t want no honkey interviewing me” sees racism everywhere but where it actually is - within herself.

[gathersnomoss]

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