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- Feb 16, 2016
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Seems Lori Lighthead took it one step further. She will take questions from only black or brown reporters. White reporters are not invited to participate....
“By now, you may have heard the news that on the occasion of the two-year anniversary of my inauguration as Mayor of this great City, I will be exclusively providing one-on-one interviews with journalists of color,” Lightfoot said in a letter to local media provided The Post.
“As a person of color, I have throughout my adult life done everything that I can to fight for diversity and inclusion in every institution that I have been a part of and being Mayor makes me uniquely situated to shine a spotlight on this most important issue.”
It was later walked back by her spokesperson claiming, "that the protest only pertains to interviews about her anniversary in office."
Chicago’s mayor refuses to give interviews to white reporters
Lori Lightfoot was only accepting one-on-one interviews from journalists who are people of color. A Latino reporter at the The Chicago Tribune then canceled a interview with the mayor.
nypost.com
“As a person of color, I have throughout my adult life done everything that I can to fight for diversity and inclusion in every institution that I have been a part of and being Mayor makes me uniquely situated to shine a spotlight on this most important issue.”
It was later walked back by her spokesperson claiming, "that the protest only pertains to interviews about her anniversary in office."