Chicago Democrat: Only Blacks Should be Considered Minorities, Says Women, Asians, Hispanics “Shouldn’t Be Able to Use That Title”…

Chicago Democrat: Only Blacks Should be Considered Minorities, Says Women, Asians, Hispanics "Shouldn't Be Able to Use That Title"…

Weasel Zippers

35 minutes ago by ZIP

How very racist of him…

(Chicago Sun Times)- Mayoral challenger James Meeks scrambled Thursday to put out a political fire touched off by his suggestion that only African-Americans should be eligible for city contracts set aside for minorities and women.

Meeks made the statement on Wednesday during an interview on WVON-AM (1690). It happened during a discussion of why African-American businesses got a 7 percent sliver of Chicago's $1 billion spending pie through Aug. 31, down from 8 percent a year ago.

"The word 'minority' from our standpoint should mean African-American. I don't think women, Asians and Hispanics should be able to use that title," he said.

"That's why our numbers cannot improve — because we use women, Asians and Hispanics who are not people of color, who are not people who have been discriminated against."

And yes, he is a Democrat even though the above article doesn't mention it.

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