Thread: Chicago: Hispanics DEMAND more city/public JOBS

This really makes me ill.....whatever happened to landing a job or contract because one is the most qualified applicant....how does demanding jobs and contracts because of one's ethnicity help anyone in this supposedly "post-racial" era? I don't think that's what MLK wanted is it? These people are an embarrassment to all Americans of Hispanic heritage.....shameful, arrogant and full of a misguided and false sense of entitlement. LL



CHICAGO (CBS) ―

Hispanic activists on Thursday demanded a bigger share of city jobs and contracts.


Hispanic activists on Thursday demanded a bigger share of city jobs and contracts.

Although they vowed to boycott city-sponsored leadership events, they accepted Mayor Richard M. Daley's invitation to discuss their grievances face-to-face.

CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports government jobs look more attractive with every announcement of new layoffs in the private sector. Not to mention the fact that those in top positions control policy and tax dollars.

The activists who convened in Humboldt Park said those are the stakes.

"The bottom line is here: When key decisions are made at City Hall Latinos are not in the room," Rev. Wilfredo DeJesus of New Covenant Church said.

Claiming to speak for 174 Hispanic clergy and thousands in their churches, the activists said their new political push is God's work.

"It's impossible to separate spirituality from politics if we're going to be effective and leave a legacy here in Chicago," one man said.

Then, they laid out their grievances. Census numbers show Chicago is at least 25 percent Hispanic, but the Hispanic share of city jobs, including police, school principals and teachers is far smaller.

"All we're saying is we want a fair share of the cake. We don't want crumbs," DeJesus said.

DeJesus and others talked about following the African-American civil rights model for achieving Latino empowerment. But no one talked, though, about the role of the ballt box.

Numbers at the Board of Election Commissioners give one clue to clout. In the predominantly Hispanic 12th Ward in last November's election, about 7,000 voters went to the polls. In the 8th Ward, predominantly African-American, about four times as many voters went to the polls to cast ballots. And in downtown's 42d Ward, majority white, about five times as many voters went to the polls as in the predominantly Hispanic 12th Ward. Now every politician in Chicago knows those numbers.

Why are there so few voters in the Hispanic neighborhoods?

DeJesus said, "I think right now, Hispanics, because of the morale, perhaps, people think we don't make a difference. Well, that's gonna change. We have voice and then our people come out to vote.

Mayor Daley declined to answer questions about any of this at his new conference Thursday, even though his spokesperson confirmed that Daley called Rev. DeJesus to set up a face-to-face meeting. She said Daley has nothing to apologize for on Hispanic hiring, but wants the city to do better.

New public schools' CEO Ron Huberman also invited DeJesus to meet next week.

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Why are there so few voters in the Hispanic neighborhoods?

Could it be that they are not here legally?

Claiming to speak for 174 Hispanic clergy and thousands in their churches, the activists said their new political push is God's work.

Apparently, doing God's work in Latin American countries has not been considered, perhaps since the life of the clergy is too comfy here.

Could it be they’re not qualified for the jobs they seek.

could it be that a huge number of Hispanics in Chicago are illegally here?
This is effing outrageous, it will end in tears.

The problem is that sanctuary chicago will cave in to them. setting up precident for the rest of the country.I agree what happened to getting a job on your merits.

Next thing is the Spanish language. People, wake up and realize that this is happening, our country is being conquered and we are sitting ducks because of political correctness and misplaced compassion!

The other problem is that they can't comprehend having to have a contractor's license to do work. They think it is a government scam. We have a guy in my condo complex who is like that. We need to do work and if there were no architectural drawings they would have to do them. We also have an assessment for it. He screamed it was a scam and said we don't need the drawings yet you need permits from the county and need inspectors to inspect it. He also said he was an electrician back home and all you need to know to hook up electricity to a home or unit is to make sure it doesn't interrupt the phone service.

Census numbers show Chicago is at least 25 percent Hispanic

Who the hell let them all in to this country?
Ok who was watching the border last?

Main article: Demographics of Chicago
During its first century as a city, Chicago grew at a rate that ranked among the fastest growing in the world. Within the span of forty years, the city's population grew from slightly under 30,000 to over 1 million by 1890. By the close of the 19th century, Chicago was the fifth largest city in the world,[49] and the largest of the cities that did not exist at the dawn of the century. Within fifty years of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the population had tripled to over 3 million.[50]

At the 2007 U.S. Census estimates, Chicago's population was:

38.9% White (30.9% non-Hispanic-White)
35.6% Black or African American
0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native
5.3% Asian
0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
21.3% some other race
1.6% two or more races
28.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race) [5].
As of the 2000 census, there were 2,896,016 people, 1,061,928 households, and 632,909 families residing within Chicago. More than half the population of the state of Illinois lives in the Chicago metropolitan area. The population density of the city itself was 12,750.3 people per square mile (4,923.0/km²), making it one of the nation's most densely populated cities. There were 1,152,868 housing units at an average density of 5,075.8 per square mile (1,959.8/km²). Of the 1,061,928 households, 28.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.1% were married couples living together, 18.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.4% were non-families. The median income for a household in the city was $38,625, and the median income for a family was $46,748. Males had a median income of $35,907 versus $30,536 for females. Below the poverty line are 19.6% of the population and 16.6% of the families.

The racial makeup of the city was 41.97% White (31.32% White Non-Hispanic), 36.77% African American, 4.35% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.36% Native American, 13.58% from other races, and 2.92% from two or more races. 26.02% of the population were Hispanic of any race. 21.72% of the population was foreign born; of this, 56.29% came from Latin America, 23.13% from Europe, 17.96% from Asia and 2.62% from other parts of the world.[51]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago

Ok who was watching the border last?

Nobody, that is why we are in this mess.