LIGHTFOOT: Well, the lawsuit is completely frivolous. I'd use a more colorful term if we weren't on TV.
But here's the thing. I'm the mayor of the third largest city in the country. I'm an African-American woman, to state the obvious. Every day when I look out across my podium, I don't see people who look like me. But more to the point, I don't see people who reflect the richness and diversity of this city.
So, yes, I started a long overdue conversation about diversity in newsrooms, in coverage. You all are the mirrors on society. You reflect with a critical and important lens the news of the day. You hold public officials like me accountable. You must be diverse. It can't be that -- in a city like Chicago, with all the talent that we have, that we can't find diverse journalists of color. Of course we can.
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