Where's the Diversity?
When Mayor Rahm Emanuel convenes meetings of his cabinet, the racial breakdown of those top aides hardly reflects the diversity of the city they serve.
In a city in which no single racial group makes up more than a third of the population, almost two of every three City Hall department heads is white. Of 30 Emanuel appointees to the highest-ranking city government positions, only five are black, and three Hispanic, a Chicago Sun-Times analysis shows.
“It’s abysmal,” Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th) says of blacks’ under-representation in the upper ranks at City Hall. “We have talked about it with the mayor, but apparently it has fallen on deaf ears.”
Forget actually having the best qualified people running departments. It's 2012 and so many politicians and the media insist on playing the color game.
Labels: silly people
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
36 Comments:
I am outraged. I demand diversity in the National Basketball Association. Only 13 percent of the nation is black. No more than one starting player may be black in the NBA.
According to doctor martin luther king junior skin color should not matter.. period!
Judge those by the content of their character. That includes hiring for jobs also.
black leaders need to accept this . And you white guilt people need to accept this also.
OK, how many white "interrupters" are there in CeaseFire?
Whites are a minority in chicago, less than a third.
Before we get too crazy let's look at harold washington's appointments.
To the winner go the spoils.
The people have given him a mandate !
Not a republican to be found on the city council.
Enjoy the fruits of your election.
Yep good ol' Rahm.
Remember Dec 2011...
"...This situation will only get worse. In the next 10 years, the Chicago area will need 9,000 additional computer-science workers..."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203893404577100772663276902.html
Ha...Oh please stop the drama Rahm-a
Let the Chicago companies hire them from the 27,000 computer people HP Corp is laying off. There's no shortage.
If it takes Chicago 10 years to create 9,000 computer worker jobs HP just gave you enough people for the next 30 year for crying out loud!...lol
As Rahm encourages "the children" to attend his community colleges, signing up for I/T classes, getting their money for nothing, I hand you this bit of news...
Hewlett-Packard job cuts under way in Rio Rancho
New Mexico Business Weekly by Rachel Sams, Associate Editor
Date: Monday, July 9, 2012, 4:59pm MDT
The job cuts Hewlett-Packard announced in May have begun locally.
The personal computer and printer giant said May 23 it would launch a multiyear restructuring to reduce its workforce by 8 percent, or 27,000 employees.
HP spokesman Michael Thacker confirmed that layoffs were taking place Monday at the company’s Rio Rancho facility as part of the restructuring plan, but said he couldn’t disclose how many people were let go. The cuts are taking place across multiple business lines, he said.
more >> http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2012/07/09/hewlett-packard-job-cuts-under-way-in.html?ana=yfcpc
The industry cuts of 27,000 people are taking place today and Ralm says the city will need 9,000 computer people sometime over the next ten years.
Golly gee who's gonna get the better shot. A new community college grad or people with the actual experience...AND what will the other 18,000 laid off HP computer workers do?
Think that this is just an isolated case? Think again..
Best Buy Cuts 2400 More Jobs in Turnaround Effort
Twin Cities Business Magazine (blog) - 9 hours ago
The cuts, which include roughly 600 Geek Squad positions, are in addition to 400 corporate layoffs ... Richfield-based Best Buy Company, Inc., is.
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Chicago is going to need 9,000 computer workers over the next 10 years?
Ha for what?
To drive down the wages with even more of a glut of skilled workers?
There's no shortage of skilled workers. Stop the lies that going back to school to change professions is the answer while talking about shortages.
Oh poor AAR corp too. They told Rahm they would hire 600 mechanics/machinist/welders today but they just can't find the workers.
Meanwhile as we speak over 800 IAM union workers are on strike at Caterpillar and Cat is hiring scabs without a problem it seems. Cat doesn't appear to fear or see a skilled worker shortage.
Hold them to their numbers/comments.
Make them accountable!!
Call 'em out!!!!
I wonder what the upcoming Merit list for Sergeant and Lieutenant will look like?
Just tell the "silly People" The heads of the city looked high and low in the prisons and could not find anyone in either race.
Ummmm Leslie,
How many white people work in your office?
What was that? ....Can't hear you, could you speak up?
Yeah, that's what we figured.
Well then how many Hispanic's work there...
What's that?
O.k. then, have a nice day,
It’s abysmal,” Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th) says of blacks’ under-representation in the upper ranks at City Hall. “We have talked about it with the mayor, but apparently it has fallen on deaf ears.”
Forget actually having the best qualified people running departments.
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They all be wearing white shirts in the CPD that are adorned with gold & silver colored ornaments.
For his hypocrisy, I'm sure Emanuel has a good explanation.
Rahm fears that a strong race/ethnic candidate will rise to defeat him. He would then have to create a shill candidate of the same race/ethnic to split that vote just like he did in the first run for the office. That costs money.
A very simple knockoff of a Charles Schultz Peanut's cartoon comes to mind. I will send a copy to SCC.
First frame...
Charlie Brown and Black playmate talking.
Black playmate, "I enjoy being black."
Next frame...
Charlie Brown, "I enjoy being white."
Last frame...
Black playmate, "Racist!"
The best??? Really? Is that what you call our very own me Goldstein...? And Gmac?
When you have no business being appointed or hired into a position then just play the race card. The liberal media will serve as the propaganda machine and eventually you'll see token appointments to appease the vocal minority. That's why Shitcago is on the verge of collapse. Just keep letting the tail wag the dog and it will happen sooner rather than later.
Maybe they were just tired the day the head count was taken.
And what else is new, how did Obama get elected? Exactly
This is exactly why chicago is fucked up. we hire people based on there color....not white.....bc we are afraid of being called racist. So we get a bunch of unqualified lazy fucks working for the city. What do you think the racial make up of the chicago transit authority looks like. Hire the best people for the job I dont think so that will prohibit us from reaching our goal of becoming just like our sister city detroit
Did you see a few months ago that the NY Times was complaining that there were too few blacks in the navy SEALS? Let's lower all standards. No one is elite. Let us all be libtards.
Actually his administration is 100% YELLOW!!!! Think about it for a minute, you'll get it.
I thought this "race" "color" thing ended when we as a nation transcended it by electing Barry?
Eliminate the "-" from the dictionary and stop confusing your ethnicity with your nationality. If all you have to get you by is the color of your skin, then you are pathetic. Dr King would slap you.
years ago the black activists complained the cpd didn't have enough black lts , they forgot all the merit black lts were promoted to captain or commander within a year , some people are never happy
The only way to fix the problem is to reverse racially profile!!
Race will always be an issue in Chicago because race is always the issue.
Handouts, handouts, handouts.... that's all you people want. You have this sense of entitlement, that makes everyone around you SICK! Enough already! Only qualified people, whatever their skin color. Jeez. I'm sick of this crap. By the way, focus on teaching your children how to be decent human beings, your failing at that miserably... or are the pilgrims to blame for that as well?!
Diversity should include gender but the focus is only on women of color. White women get royally screwed
People complain about jobs but affirmative action is here to help them out. The complainers just like to be loud and hear themselves. They offer nothing constructive.
So either make it equally diverse or get rid of affirmative action all together. I am in favor of getting rid of it. Only the best and brightest should get the jobs.
My FTO told me a long time ago, "Kid, Diversity is a street on the northside.....and they hold the pride parade on it."
Aldergoof Leslie Hairston (5th) has a point.
I mean if Hairston can be an Aldergoof then best qualified doesn't matter. I'm sure there are better qualified people of color that could be aldergoof of the 5th ward.
To that point the same goes for department heads.
The problem is that the best people of any color aren't department heads. Just political stooges and yes men.
Where's the diversity at the CTA? At the Post Office? Oooops, I forgot. They are all democRATS so it! So, it doesn't matter.
Diversity quotas will be the death of this country. Not all individuals are created equal as some "leaders" have stated. It's a ridiculous assumption. We are not cookie cutter robots.
Have to agree with them on one point: What the Hell does an ex-cop know about running streets and sanitation. If you have any knowledge of Road Programs you can tell this city is LOST. And you know the other departmentss are run the same way.
"“It’s abysmal,” Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th) says of blacks’ under-representation in the upper ranks at City Hall."
Alderman, and still not satisfied.
Congressman, and still not satisfied.
Black man and wife elected to White House, they are hurling concrete at police cars.
Have a look at this. Fascinating. Racially exclusive and invitation-only.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_Jill_%28organization%29
ATTENTION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
THE LAWS DO NOT APPLY TO YOU.
sincerely,
Mayor Sanctuary City.
The Top Cop can put his "Broken Windows" crime message where the sun don't shine.
The mayor gave the go ahead to expand this crime culture that the politicians here have created by waving more illegal immigrants in.
Hey look. The mayor thinks it's okay for an illegal immigrant to stay if they don't have a criminal background. However is that illegal immigrant going to call the police when they see a crime go down or are a victim of crime themselves. Hell nah! This emboldens the crime culture here. The laws don't mean anything.
The mayor must be so hard up for money. What does he get $1,000 or is it $2,000 per head in federal money when these people show up counted on the census? If he imports enough of them maybe they get another seat in the Washington House of Representatives to expand their political kick-back campaign donation power base eh? OH hell, bring them in!! Screw the consequences of the actions. Leave the law on the books so he can pick and choose who it applies to at will.
YOU'RE WRONG MAYOR WRONG. YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE IMMIGRATION LAWS YOU DO IT THE RIGHT WAY -- NOT LIKE THIS. YOU ARE WRONG!
The SAO is always geting slammed for not having enough black male ASAs. The problem with that is that when black males become attorneys, they get grabbed up by the higher paying firms. Those who do come to the office get lucrative offers to leave and don't stay long enough to become first chairs or bosses. Why would they stay for the low pay when the prime (affirmative action) jobs are out there.
Shitty hall should adopt the 30% merit hacks like the CPD
Anonymous said...
Diversity should include gender but the focus is only on women of color. White women get royally screwed
People complain about jobs but affirmative action is here to help them out. The complainers just like to be loud and hear themselves. They offer nothing constructive.
So either make it equally diverse or get rid of affirmative action all together. I am in favor of getting rid of it. Only the best and brightest should get the jobs.
7/10/2012 10:34:00 AM
Agreed. I was tossed under the bus in favor of a Latina who was far less qualified and educated. I didn't have the HDO behind me.
I'll remember when I vote for Romney this fall.
Anonymous said...
Aldergoof Leslie Hairston (5th) has a point.
I mean if Hairston can be an Aldergoof then best qualified doesn't matter. I'm sure there are better qualified people of color that could be aldergoof of the 5th ward.
To that point the same goes for department heads.
The problem is that the best people of any color aren't department heads. Just political stooges and yes men.
7/10/2012 11:31:00 AM
We had an AA male who was brilliant bright, served in the military and was a college graduate. Another jealous AA male, with clout no doubt, got this guy into trouble and fucked up his chance at promotion. The clouted AA is as stupid as a box of rocks. Oh yeah the AA male who was educated is gasp....a Republican.
Anonymous said...
This is exactly why chicago is fucked up. we hire people based on there color....not white.....bc we are afraid of being called racist. So we get a bunch of unqualified lazy fucks working for the city. What do you think the racial make up of the chicago transit authority looks like. Hire the best people for the job I dont think so that will prohibit us from reaching our goal of becoming just like our sister city detroit
7/10/2012 06:35:00 AM
I've seen a lot of undeserving whites get promoted. Promotions by clout have placed a lot of goofs in management positions. Just saying.....
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