After the blockbuster ruling of the Supreme Court finally barring the use of race in college admissions, much of the attention has shifted to the use of racial quotas and set asides by corporations. One such case is developing in Chicago where Bally’s Casino is being sued for barring white investors to meet a 25 percent minority ownership commitment with the city. The lawsuit could make Bally’s slogan come true as “the Center of the Action” on the new round of affirmative action cases.
Bally’s is building a $1.7 billion casino and resort that will open in the River West neighborhood in 2026. It will be the state’s largest casino, with a 500-room hotel tower and a 3,000-seat theater. However, as part of the Host Community Agreement, Bally’s committed to 25% minority ownership. The agreement reflects state law and requires investors to meet its “Class A Qualification Criteria,” part of which states that an investor must be a “minority or woman.”
A minority is defined as “African-Americans, American Indians, Asian-Americans, Hispanics” and other groups deemed by the city to be “socially disadvantaged” including Arab Americans, per the Municipal Code of Chicago.
The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty argues that Bally’s is violating the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the first Ku Klux Klan Act and the recent cases barring affirmative action in educational institutions.
Bally’s is caught between a rock and a hard place in this controversy. In its SEC filing, the company noted that the HCA could expose it to lawsuits and force it to incur “substantial costs.”
The Biden Administration was found to be engaging in unconstitutional racial discrimination in set asides for grants and other benefits.
The timing could not be worse for the company. The Trump Administration opposes such race-based set-asides and will likely support the challengers if this is litigated to the Supreme Court.
Here is the complaint: Bally’s Casino Complaint
Institutionalized racial/sexual-discrimination is at the very forefront of the democrat blob. It’s foundational to the point of mirroring religion.
I think you mean sex discrimination, not sexual discrimination
Bally’s Corporation
! Read History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally%27s_Corporation#Land-based_gambling_expansion
[Link] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally%27s_Chicago
[Link] ballys.com/investor-relations/overview/
Traded as: NYSE: BALY
Russell Microcap Index component
Owner: Standard General (26%)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_General
Company type: Hedge fund
Founded2007; 18 years ago
Headquarters: New York City, New York, United States
Key people: Soo Kim
Website: [Link] standardgenerallp.com/
Chicagoland is in a state of ‘Extend and Pretend’
Commercial Real Estate (1.5 TRILLION in CMBS)
Why isn’t Ill State Attorney General Kwame Raoul not doing his Job?
Why isn’t NY State Attorney General Letitia James not doing her Job?
Why isn’t State X Attorney General doing thier Job?
[answer; They are Controlled by the Banks]
Kwame Raoul – Illinois Attorney General
[Link] illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/about/
Protecting Consumers
“Protecting consumers and businesses that have been victimized by fraud, deception or unfair competition is one of the primary functions of the Attorney General. …”
Delinquency is no the up-tic:
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Delinquency Rate on Commercial Real Estate Loans (Excluding Farmland), Booked in Domestic Offices, All Commercial Banks (DRCRELEXFACBS)
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DRCRELEXFACBS
So Bally’s Chicago is not the answer, a 1.5 Billion leveraged debt by Standard General (the “Bet” by Soo Kim/Hedge Fund).
The Silent Crisis in Real Estate No One Is Talking About
By: Ken McElroy ~ Jan 22, 2025
White Men Are Suing Bally’s Casino, City Over Investment Offer Aimed At Women, Minorities
“This race-based stock offering is illegal, and this court should declare it as such,” the federal lawsuit by a conservative legal group on behalf of two Texas residents reads.
By: Melody Mercado ~ January 31st 2025
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/01/31/white-men-are-suing-ballys-casino-city-over-investment-offer-aimed-at-women-minorities/
White activists sue Bally’s over Chicago casino IPO limited to women, minorities
Bally’s announced a $250 million public offering last month for shares of its massive Chicago casino project, but only to women or people of color. That’s in line with Bally’s agreement with the city, but opponents call it an illegal “race-based stock offering.”
By Mitchell Armentrout ~ Jan 30, 2025
https://chicago.suntimes.com/casinos-gambling/2025/01/30/ballys-dei-lawsuit-minority-investment-ipo
Bally’s preliminary prospectus:
[Link] sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1935799/000110465924132193/tm2310971-13_s1a.htm
Please do correct me where I am wrong.
Bally’s owners enjoy sole authority to “claim and exercise” dominion over their private property and enjoy the right to hire, fire, pay, and direct their employees as they deem appropriate. 4
Bally’s customers are free to decline.
Bally’s employees are free to initiate their own enterprise or to accept or reject employment at Bally’s.
Bally’s Casino, Chicago, is in the United States of America and is free enterprise as private property.
There is a clear legal distinction between private and public.
No governmental level enjoys any authority to “claim or exercise” dominion over private property.
No governmental level has any authority to mandate the construction or operation of any free enterprise; free enterprise being private property.
No governmental level has any authority to operate as a free enterprise in the private sector or to deny private property rights.
No federal or state legislation that denies constitutional rights is constitutional.
Free industries of free enterprise must self-regulate; government has no enumerated power to regulate beyond Article 1, Section 8, and individuals enjoy constitutional freedoms without governmental interference.
The owner(s) of Bally’s enjoy sole authority to “claim and exercise” dominion over their enterprise and private property.
The only question is why judges and justices have not been impeached and convicted for gross, egregious, antithetical, and unpatriotic negligence and dereliction in their sworn-oath duty to support the Constitution and each and every clear individual word of the English language therein.
The Constitution does not provide the judicial branch with any authority to legislate, to modify legislation, to “legislate from the bench,” or to otherwise amend the Constitution.
The judicial branch must merely ensure that actions comport with statutory and fundamental law.
The singular American failure is the judicial branch, with emphasis on the Supreme Court.
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5th Amendment
No person shall…be deprived of…property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
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“[Private property is] that dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in exclusion of every other individual.”
– James Madison
Correct, just as long as Bally’s does not enjoy any form of government subsidy that would serve to offset losses incurred as a result of this policy. If it does enjoy such subsidies, there is a problem to be rectified.
Article 1, Section 8
Congress has no power to tax for or fund “subsidies.”
Congress has no enumerated power to regulate Bally’s.
@Anon,
Wrong.
They need city permits along w state permits to operate and sell alcohol.
You do the math.
Those permits are unconstitutional denials of the sole right of a property owner to “claim and exercise” dominion.
You’re going to have to do some thinking here.
State and municipal laws are inferior to the Constitution, which has supremacy.
Constitutional rights to private property trump state and municipal regulations.
All the while, affirmative action supporters most likely celebrate the federal holiday honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Gross Aberration
Egregious Plagiarist, Philanderer, Public, Religious, and Familial Fraud et al.
– Antithetical and Unconstitutional Affirmative Action Day
Distinctly Not
– Merit Day
If Bally signed the contract accepting those terms (in order to get the lucrative contract), it can sleep in the bed it made for itself. IMHO,it never should have committed to a dedicated percentage. Bally needed Trump to close the deal.
-Allan Bakke Come Home. A nation turns its lonely eyes to you, whoa whoa whoa
We need to look at this case in terms of reason and logic, going back to the SCOTUS Bakke decision. (Regents of the University of California v. Bakke) (Bakke, a white male applicant, was twice denied entry in UC Medical School at Davies,– even though affirmative action minorities with lower scores and credentials were admitted above him to fill reserved quota spots. SCOTUS struck down racial quotas, but permitted race to be one of a number of allowable considerations.)
Two quotes from Justice Powell, who wrote (excerpts from Part III) for the Court’s majority:
“The guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color.”
“The concepts of ‘majority’ and ‘minority’ necessarily reflect temporary arrangements and political judgments.”
The bottom line is that the MOST QUALIFIED/MERITORIOUS applicants should be considered and likely hired to fill positions, irrespective of race, gender, etc. When you choose race, gender, etc. OVER merit and qualification, there is an inverted model of performance that potentially compromises the expectation of success. Instead of mandatory hiring based on DEI, the focus should be on training, education, and COMPETITIVE accomplishment strategies to develop hiring potential prior to job seeking.
And to enigmainblack and his earlier comment (don’t have time to go back and find it):
(1) 75% ? Wow, you even went past the U.S. Census on that one.
(2) Your comment on medical association discrimination reads like an ACLU advocacy brief (ready for responsive brief).
Truth be told, the denial of Black medical “doctors” for admission into AMA (this is @ the 1860s) was premised on their “training” and graduation from allopathic medical schools that included homeopathy and other ‘alternative medicine’ practices. Their rejection was ostensibly premised on them being characterized as “irregular practitioners” who had not received a standard requisite medical education. (I use the word “ostensibly” because I am certain that there also were some elements of embedded racial discrimination, manifest in the private thoughts that, e.g., a Black physician could be assigned to a white female OB-GYN patient, etc.) Therefore, the emphasis postulated by the AMA back then was to keep AMA admission criteria at the local chapter level, thereby promoting the idea of Black physicians serving Black communities, etc. At that time (1860s) there was a parallel medical association, the National Medical Society (NMS) that was integrated, and to which these Black physicians were associated with, but they wanted to be recognized by the more prestigious AMA).
Can you come up with something more recent that 150 years ago?
(Yikes, apologies for my lengthy comment, not realized before posting. Also, last para should read “…and with which these Black physicians were associated…”
Lin, no need to apologize for a long(ish) but cogent and thoughtful comment. Bringing up Bakke brought back a lot of memories studying that case and it is interesting to follow the time line of cases that followed it up to an including just last year.
(I do realize that this case involves investors, not school or job applicants. But the underlying premise of a dedicated percentage is what, to me, is unacceptable.)
“. . . a dedicated percentage is what, to me, is unacceptable.”
As it is to me.
But that term is *not* a contract, as you stated in your OP. It is a government regulation — a coercive term imposed on Bally’s. And as you know, coercion (whether private or government) is the antithesis of a contract.
@Sam,
Not sure that its a government regulation.
It was something the local Dims pushed on them as a way to promote black ownership opportunities.
Now if you want to see something just as idiotic… look at the state’s lottery for cannabis shops.
Spoke w a neighbor who’s into real estate and works with them.
A chunk of licenses went to black owned groups.
Only problem… not really well funded or realized that they would be better off selling the license.
The issue is that there’s the real estate cost and taxes. On top of that… they are taxed on gross revenue and not net profit.
So if you sell 100K of pot a month… you pay high taxes on that. Then you have your operating costs before you get to net revenue or profits.
This will crush you unless you have your costs under control.
The other issue is location. In the city, while there is a high density of population… there’s the issue of too many distributors in a tight space.
So these companies don’t make enough revenue to survive.
In the end, if they’re smart.. they’ll sell their license only now for pennies on the dollar.
The whole point of this… those black run dispensaries are the ones taking the hit.
They also don’t sell into the black neighborhoods where illegal pot is still cheaper and more profitable.
With all the legal stuff going on… hard to catch a guy carrying and smoking the illegal stuff.
-G
“Not sure that its a government regulation.”
It most certainly is — local and state. Read the HCA.
Bally entered into a contractual relationship with Chicago.
The City of Chicago has many controversial racial set-asides for its public CONTRACTING dollars, with nominal sunset period, usually ignored and going back decades.
The contract was quid pro quo, 25% ownership commitment. This makes the 25% a contractual term.
You need to look at City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson
-from One who knows.
“Bally entered into . . .”
Hogwash.
Government force is the antithesis of contract.
It doesn’t matter if you’re “One” or two. That is black letter law. And more, it’s a basic element of justice.
It’s actually more than a dedicated percentage; it’s a complete ban on white males. The community agreement calls for 25% minority ownership in the total capital structure. However, this offering entirely bars white males. This offering is the special deal where you put up as little as $250 and a loan covers the remainder of the purchase price of $25,000. The other equity in the capital structure so far was mainly already sold in a private offering that is already fully subscribed, and not by minorities. So, if you want to buy now in what Bally’s has for sale, you have this offering only available, and no white males allowed. In my lawsuit of record, we will be filing a request for TRO today.
Mark Glennon: Ah, this becomes more convoluted and interesting. I was able to access more of your position through https://libertyjusticecenter.org/cases/glennon-v-johnson/
(I did not look at your Complaint. I’m thinking of standing…Are you in parity or competition with Wisconsin Institute’s Plaintiffs and do you think the court will join the cases?
Sam: I respectfully reiterate that the matter is couched in terms of contractual agreement. I did not read the Complaint when I wrote the original comment before I left home this a.m.
However, I just now read it this evening. Please note Paras 22, et seq., in the Complaint, and specifically, Para 54, to wit, “Defendants have impaired Plaintiffs’ contractual rights by imposing and enforcing a racial qualification to contract, namely the Class A Qualification Criteria.”
Take a look at the very first Count I in the Complaint, (with Counts II and III edifying and expounding upon thereof).
I also note that the only consent decree I see (which would allow for such set-asides) relates to Chicago’s POlice Dept.
thanks for your input/comment.
The issue is not the Complaint. It’s the HCA that the state and city *forced* on Bally’s — the one that imposes on Bally’s the 25% racist conditions. That HCA, a government regulation, is not a contract. It is extortion.
I don’t thing you grasp how this government extortion racket works, around the country across countless industries.
First government forces a company to get a permit — a permit that it should never have to seek. Then as a condition of receiving that permit, government demands from the company A, B, and C. In the industry, those are called “exactions.” In reality, it’s extortion.
That some blame Bally’s for those “exactions” adds to the injustice.
Government is supposed to protect us from gangsters — not be one of them.
@Lin,
Don’t blame Bally’s.
They had to appease Lori Lightfoot and the rest of the progressives along w the black caucus.
The only people who are happy about this are my old neighbors who live in River North.
Of course they’d move if they could. Crime is up and not because of the casino.
Bally’s shouldn’t really concern itself.
They got their deal and if the courts go against them… then the clause goes away.
All for the cost of a lawyer.
In terms of location… a block or so walk from the Blue Line at Milwaukee and Grand.
-G
Gumby: Interesting….(also interesting, your note to Sam re: cannabis sales.)
(on a more focused note, please note, under “Parties” in the Complaint, the relationship(s) between Bally’s Corporation, Bally’s Chicago Operating Company, LLC (“Bally’s Chicago OpCo”) and Bally’s Chicago Holding Company, LLC, and
Bally’s Chicago, Inc.. To my knowledge, all of Bally’s major and subsidiary interests are derivative securities under the hedge fund control of Standard General, managed by a very bright guy named Soo Kim.
Bally’s knew what it was doing….
I agree with you that ultimate pecuniary investment interest may have influenced any appeasement/placation to LL and Black/progressive interests….
“Bally’s knew what it was doing….”
So does a store owner who pays extortion to a neighborhood gangster. You want to blame the store owner for being forced to pay that extortion?
Of course the Trump administration “opposes such race-based set asides”, Turls. It’s because they’re racist and most likely the trumps are trying to slime their way in on this deal. Seeing right through this is easy peasy.
E
But this will play to your base, Jon. You and I both can revel in their single pointed focus on being absurdly gullible and cultified 24/7. Party on!!
B
Poor Anon.
Trump doesn’t care and is far beyond the gaming world.
He wouldn’t touch this w a 10 foot pole.
The issue is that there are a lot of companies wanting in.
So what ends up happening is you’ll find some ‘black owned’ businesses that have a black exec on top, but everyone else is not black.
I thought countin cards wasn’t allowed at Bally’s.
When will we realize that half of this nation is composed of ignorant bleeding hearts sitting in a circle jerk; and what they are not anticipating is that if they were to eliminate all of us MAGA N*zis they would quickly run out of money and defensive capital and would be on a quick slide to third world status. But you can’t fix stupid.
Bally’s is a Meme (Imitation Investments) IMO. There are a *many* Physical-Memes parading as Assets.
Many are listed in the Exchanges. They are ‘Paper Shells”. If you want to invest in ‘Sin Stocks’ in the Biggest Casino on Earth, then look no further than Wall Street. “Let the buyer beware.” (Caveat Emptor), Do your own ‘due diligence’, don’t rely on Others.
This is not 1970-1990’s Chicago: It’s 2025, Let Chi-Town Cannibalize Itself.
If Non-White Chicagoan’s want to indulge in Gambling, Prostitution, and Legalized Marijuana ,… Sinful Vices.
Let them, then they can only hold Themselves to the rack of devastation, However, No ‘Aid’ for Addiction Recovery should be attached to the Chicago Streets, nor a burden to the rest of the State’s Tax Payers. If They want to make Chicago into a Fentanyl Hell Hole like Philadelphia them let them, the cesspool will quickly form and disappear when reason prevails.
It’s not the first time this City has gone through this type of Catharsis*.
* Bally’s (and Banksters) = Capone
“. . . the new round of affirmative action cases.” (JT)
Here’s the more horrifying affirmative action case:
“The Biden administration announced a $1 billion effort [through the Department of Transportation] to rectify racist infrastructure . . .”
If the administration had spent that money on real transportation problems — like hiring more ATC’s and upgrading the technology — that horrific crash might not have happened.
But when your desire is to make a DEI omlette, human beings are just the broken eggs.
I never quite understood the concept of anti-racist infrastructure? Is this where nothing on the rail systems, bridges, tunnels etc can be white in color???
You’re not supposed to understand.
You’re supposed to kneel and obey.
What if I as a white male were to yield to the temptation to lie about my Class A criteria? Would it not then become incumbent upon the city to prove that I were lying? And how exactly would they do that? How would they prove that I am not the racial minority I claim to be, or, how would they prove I am not a woman? What is a woman anyway, does anybody really know? What of Fourth Amendment protections here? And what would follow then as Fifth Amendment due process? How would they press their case? Even if granted access to my DNA, it would only prove genetic ancestry, not my race or ethnicity, or the identity I so choose to declare. It, such racial criteria, almost sounds like an exercise in futility here. Senseless, but does that at all surprise you? Given the collective intellect of political power today, particularly so at the local level, in our cities?
(What is a woman anyway, does anybody really know? ) Just ask any women who voted against the “fundamental transformation” crowd and she will tell you what a woman is and it is definitely no some mentally disturbed man. As long as we allow these confused/disrupting psychologically disturbed type to even pose that question we will be on the losing side of that issue. Just say NO to transgenderism at any level and put this dog to rest.
“The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty argues that Bally’s is violating . . .” (JT)
Why are they blaming Bally’s for the racist and sexist policies forced on them by politicians?
I would say that Bally’s is OK with the politicians policies or they would have found a different location for their enterprise. There is no pity for those who want to assist in discrimination of any sort and law suits should overwhelm this situation until a SCOTUS decision finally ends the legal status of these confused persons/institutions. There can be no room allowed for discussion – if you don’t like the law of the land – (they tried to fundamentally transform us already and failed with the election of Trump) then the exit door is always open and they should use it.
OTOH, the people at Bally’s structured the deal so that poor blacks would not ever get their hands on the stock. 1% down on the stock and 11% yearly interest, compounded quarterly??? BWAHAHAHA! Do the math on 11% of $24,750 annually, and tell me what you get. About $2500 a year??? The interest is 10 times what you put down, each year. Sickening.
Nope. Now rich blacks who have $25,000 to fork over for a share, they might make something out of it.
In one of my previous lives, we used to run the same sort of scam. Theoretically, it could work out, but as a practical matter, it never did. It was legal, but it was wrong. Others, in that particular industry, are still running the same playbook today.
I, too, filed a similar lawsuit yesterday in federal court: https://wirepoints.org/lawsuit-filed-by-mark-glennon-against-city-of-chicago-mayor-johnson-and-ballys-alleges-blatant-discrimination-wirepoints/
Good on you! Wishing you the best!
If you read how the deal is structured, it is actually a “sucker’s bet”.
https://thetriibe.com/2025/01/opinion-i-did-the-math-i-wouldnt-buy-ballys-chicago-casino-equity-shares/#:~:text=Regardless%20of%20the%20share%20class,risk%20nature%20of%20this%20investment?
Great analysis! Very cogent!
Absent any kind of government subsidies for Bally (any that exist should be revoked) this should be a highly uneconomical practice for it to engage in. The current political and societal momentum also appears to have shifted against this kind of practice. So, if Bally wants to pursue this to its financial detriment, I say allow it. Why should anyone who favors a free market want to stand in the way of a poorly managed company intent on committing suicide?
I’d think that any burgeoning business would gladly accept the most money, no matter where it comes from.
How can discriminatory practices, like this, sit well with other investors (who want the most bang for buck), or the future shareholders?
Why are Arab Americans considered a minority under the HCA and yet Jews aren’t? Also, isn’t it a little hypocritical to include women as disadvantaged and yet include Arabs as a group to reap a benefit when Arab philosophy tends to not exactly put women on the career fast track.
Discrimination will end when discrimination ends. Some poor white kid from the hills somewhere is deemed advantaged by this poisonous bigotry and it looks like it may be finally ending after 60 years.
After reading some of the other comments, I feel compelled to add this summary of my position: “Let the chips fall where they may” 🙂
Good one!!
The 25% “set-aside” is for minorities and women combined in a nation where women make up more than half the population. Depending on how you treat Hispanics, “minorities” make up between 35-50% of the population. This “quota” says that no more than 75% of investors should be white men, not counting their wives who can also get in on the action which is how affirmative action has always worked. It creates a bar beyond which minorities rarely exceed. This is a demand that white men should be able to have it all which is the American way.
Hey Enigma, how about a 6% set aside for Jews in the NBA? Or the NFL? Is it your opinion that SPORTS is too important to have set asides, but it is fine for med schools?
What do we want? Jews in the NBA. When do we want it? Now!
The Bally set-aside doesn’t work like that. It says that 25% of the investors must come from 75% of the population. Try comparing apples to apples.
Your example of med schools fails to acknowledge the many decades Black people for example were banned from med schools and barred from the American Medical Association. You have no idea how any of this works, especially the history that resulted in these set-asides.
“. . . many decades Black people for example were banned from . . .”
Exclude because of race. Include because of race.
Flip sides of the same coin: Racism.
Old News- Affirmative action in med schools started in the 1960’s and has progressed rapidly since that time . 12 yrs ago the Medical College of Georgia (A part Augusta University now) had 230 individuals per class and already over 50 % of the classes were made up of women and minorities. The first black medical student in MCG was 1968. The first black medical student at Emory University (same state, was 1967) The first black student at the University of Georgia was 1961. City of Atlanta Public Schools were already starting integration in 1964. (I was there in high school). We really don’t need any more affirmative action, people who work hard can rise to the top irrespective of their race.
And lastly I was denied admission to Emory’s Med School but people with lower GPA ’s than me got in. So I went to MCG instead. Of course those with the lower GPA’s that got into Emory seemed to have had parents that went to Emory. Before my older sister, no one in my family had ever had a college degree much less went to Emory. Does that count as discrimination. We were all white. Sort of like Animal Farm “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others”. And I was a graduate of Emory University with a Bs in Biology and close to a Ba in chemistry.
Guess where my money contributions go.
One of those Black students in my class of 1974 became dean of Primary Care at MCG and Assistant Dean of the whole medical school. Bright guy and worked hard. And a good friend
“50 % of the classes were made up of women and minorities.”
Given that over 50% of the population has been women all along, you don’t seem to be describing progress. You described legacy admissions (almost exclusively white applicants) as having hurt you which wasn’t affirmative action. When any requirement to consider female and minority candidates is gone, what will happen to what little progress that’s been made? The dysphemism for DEI is “Didn’t Earn it.” I wonder if your friend was being considered today for the dean of Primary Care at MCG if he’d get the job.
Affirmative Action has often been less about minimums than maximums. This much and no more. The minimum standards have always been less than the percentage of the population. Back to the example Turley used for Bally. He argues that white men shouldn’t be capped at 75% of the investors. Make the case for that.
Enigma, so that gives the right to have Arabs get an advantage over Jews? I know your whole world is black issue dominated, but the set asides were for women, Arabs and others as well. So Oprah gets in, but my daughter (if I had one) doesn’t? See how dumb it is.
Your daughter would have an equal chance as Oprah with these set asides. If removed, she would have less of an opportunity because white men would now be able to exceed 75% of the investors. There is no advantage of Arabs over Jewish people. It’s unclear to me from the story whether Jewish people are considered as minorities by the Municipal Code of Chicago, wort case they are in the 75% and have a greater opportunity. There might be some overlap where Jewish people could fall in either category. Almost none of your assumptions are valid. Neither women or minorities are getting an advantage, the set-aside is to ensure they aren’t totally left out.
Jews are a minority. Blacks make up 12.4% of the population, while Jews are 2.4%. That Jews are more productive shouldn’t mean they receive less protection. Hate crimes against Jews are disproportionately high, and percentage-wise, black Americans experience fewer hate crimes than Jews. So, stop with the victimhood. Jews can’t help that they are taught to work hard, educate themselves, and avoid associations with crime.
In the case we’re discussing (Bally), the Municipal Code of Chicago doesn’t appear to count Jewish people as a minority though they may be included in any and all of the groups now. If they are not considered a minority, a Jewish male will have to resign himself to being among the 75%. A Jewish woman will have to fight it out in the 25% with all other women and the ethnic minorities in the Municipal Code. Instead of looking at the 25% reserved for 6–70% of the population to fight over, see it for what it is. 75% is reserved for white males (likely including Jewish men).
Why should blacks be declared a minority and not Jews? Both have low percentage numbers where the Jewish percentage is a fraction of the black percentage, and Jews are attacked more than blacks. Maybe blacks should resign themselves to be a part of the greater 75%.
Jews are not attacked because they are white males. They are attacked because they are Jewish. Further Jews are not white people. Jews come in all colors from all nations across the world. Should blacks that are light skinned and not looking typically black be considered white? You seem to have your priorities mixed up. You should read MLK, Character over Color.
” and Jews are attacked more than blacks.”
Are you sure about that?
Yes, though sporadically one can say differently. Anti-semitism is not only in this country but all over the world and throughout history. Your problem is victimhood. Victimhood is the surest way not to get anywhere.
“Anti-semitism is not only in this country but all over the world and throughout history.”
This is the argument you want to make to prove your point? I’m not disputing your claim but the implication that racism against Black people is a recent phenomenon limited to America.
“that racism against Black people is a recent phenomenon limited to America.”
You are trying to bury merit at MLK’s gravesite while placing a gravestone promoting equality of outcome.
No such statement quoted above was made by me or anyone else. Are you trying to inter the truth?
“Anti-semitism is not only in this country but all over the world and throughout history.”
This is the argument you want to make to prove your point? I’m not disputing your claim but the implication that racism against Black people is a recent phenomenon limited to America.
There were no quotation marks around that statement, it was my reply to you. You referred to the treatment of Jewish people throughout history as if Black people haven’t experienced it and you brought up the rest of the world as if I was only talking about America.
MLK had nothing against merit, he had a problem with qualified people being refused jobs or being paid less for the same work. He was in Memphis when he was assassinated in support of a sanitation workers strike for equal pay. They didn’t want anything they hadn’t earned.
” the implication that racism against Black people is a recent phenomenon limited to America.”
You screwed up. All you can think about is victimization when discrimination faces all the people of the world under the right circumstances. It is not just about you; it’s about all of us. Your solutions are in opposition to the goals sought by MLK.
For the second time, you wrongly accused me of implying that racism against black people is a recent phenomenon limited to America; I never said that. Unless you can prove otherwise or correct your awkward statement, one might be inclined to label you a liar.
Successful people look forward, not backward.
This is how every discussion with you ends. You have no concept of the goals of MLK as proven by your interpretation.
Enigma, I’d like to hear your sermon on MLK. Almost nothing you say indicates you understand the concept of character over color.
I remember MLK as the leader in fighting bus segregation, which the Supreme Court ended. This case was an essential part of my upbringing. You were too involved in victimhood and the destruction of cultural norms to notice.
As I said to someone else, the poor quality of trolls like yourself keeps me from engaging more.
Are you looking in the mirror again? When victimhood is removed, you are left with nothing to say.
To Bally’s, I say, No Dice!
Craps!
You mean the deck in NOT stacked in favor of Bally’s?
Unpossible!!
Unpossible huh? Sounds like floyd.