Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Bets On Black Amid Virtually All-White Newsrooms—And Some Are Upset…
This week Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot advised that she wanted Black and Brown journalists to interview her for ONE DAY—the second anniversary of Lightfoot’s inauguration as the first Black female and gay mayor of Chicago. The mayor cited the ubiquity of white newsrooms in Chicago (a majority Black and Brown U.S. city) and beyond—and therefore the profound lack of media newsroom diversity. After Mayor Lightfoot’s directive, all hell broke loose from racists and apologists. Omar Moore analyzes Lightfoot’s declaration, the racist reactions, engines of power and obligation and the solutions to…
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