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"Why Not?" CNN Panelist Defends Chicago Mayor's Boasts On Hiring Blacks
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 05/20/2025 12:18:49 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Nothing's wrong with a black mayor boasting of hiring blacks for senior positions in his administration in order to look out for the interests of "our people."

After all, civil rights laws are on the books only to protect "minority groups." Non-minorities being the victims of discrimination? Meh.

That is the apparent position of New York Times podcaster Lulu Garcia-Navarro. She was part of Tuesday's CNN This Morning panel reacting to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's comments on his hires, and the ensuing DOJ investigation into them.

Panelist Michael Warren of The Dispatch said: "I think the mayor shouldn't be talking about it sort of so casually . . .It's probably not a good way for the chief executive of the city to be talking about hiring practices in that way."

Garcia-Navarro plaintively injected, "Why not?"

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1 posted on 05/20/2025 12:18:49 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: patro; abb; SE Mom; HarleyLady27; connyankee; Behind Liberal Lines; KC_Lion; frank ballenger; ...

Lulu “Why Not” Garcia-Navarro writes for the New York Times.

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2 posted on 05/20/2025 12:19:27 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Our people?....................

I guess that ‘One Nation Under God’ stuff was just total bullshit..............


3 posted on 05/20/2025 12:24:56 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

White politicians should bend over backwards to promote the interests of whites, and just say the hell with everybody else.

Oh? Is that wrong? Is that offensive? Huh.


4 posted on 05/20/2025 12:25:27 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

“Our people”

Wasn’t it Ross Peter who was criticized for saying “you people”?


5 posted on 05/20/2025 12:28:30 PM PDT by llevrok (Keep buggering on!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

If I owned a business, I’d terminate all the blacks immediately and hire Asians.


6 posted on 05/20/2025 12:30:13 PM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Chicago Population break down.

White: 39.05%
Black or African American: 28.42%
Hispanic or Latino: 12.39%
Asian: 7.13%


7 posted on 05/20/2025 12:31:26 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

MORE D E I — HASN’T WORKED YET-—WILL NOT WORK


8 posted on 05/20/2025 12:34:02 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
"our people"

All that work to cure racism just created a lot more racism.

Tribalism like that kills nations. Somalia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, South Sudan, and others.

9 posted on 05/20/2025 12:36:21 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

“Nothing’s wrong with a black mayor boasting of hiring blacks for senior positions in his administration in order to look out for the interests of “our people.”

Substitute the word Black for White and see how they like it.


10 posted on 05/20/2025 12:42:26 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Trump may be one of our greatest Presidents, if they don't kill him first.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

why not?

well they usually do it surreptitiously and deny it

cuz they know it is illegal


11 posted on 05/20/2025 12:58:06 PM PDT by joshua c
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

“After all, civil rights laws are on the books only to protect “minority groups.”
In the whole US white men are a minority.


12 posted on 05/20/2025 1:08:06 PM PDT by brookwood (51 Intelligence Agents Say Global Warming Is An Existential Crisis)
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To: ClearCase_guy

They have a token white employee, “Cracker Honkey McWhitebread”.


13 posted on 05/20/2025 1:09:22 PM PDT by Waverunner
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Hard to believe.

But FBJ is worse than Beetlejuice.

In NYC I think Adams was better than deBlasen.

For no reason other than FJB DOJ tried to take him out with lawfare.


14 posted on 05/20/2025 1:13:50 PM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Underwriting duely informed. That should be good for a 5% add-on coverage surcharge based on ratings effect.


15 posted on 05/20/2025 1:17:21 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

OK, let’s get a white mayor boasting about hiringn whites and see what the response would be.

As if we have to guess.


16 posted on 05/20/2025 1:22:54 PM PDT by metmom ( He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.")
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To: DAC21

I believe your numbers are out of date. Per the US Census (2024) Chicago’s data:

White (not including Latino or Hispanic): 32.2%
Hispanic/Latino: 29.6%
Black (not including Latino or Hispanic): 28.4%
Asian : 7.2%

Mayor Brandon knows his people have fallen to 3rd place and is stuffing them in all sorts of jobs based only on their race.


17 posted on 05/20/2025 1:35:54 PM PDT by Freedumb
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

People for years have had chances to not elect Democrats that have continually wrecked their economy and allowed increased crime rate and have failed to do so ... no sympathy.


18 posted on 05/20/2025 2:08:50 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (In a way ge is right as)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Looks like a financial bonus lawsuit from a white person who was passed over for a position in Chicago for a black.

This gives evidence of racial favoritism for any lawyer to use.


19 posted on 05/20/2025 2:37:54 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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