“Two administrations ago, 70 to 75% of the administration was primarily made up of white men. In my administration, 45% of my administration is black, 25% is Latin, 30% is white, and 8% is Asian. It is the most diverse administration in the history of Chicago,” Johnson said.

“What I’m saying is, when you hire our people, we always look out for everybody else. We are the most generous people on the planet. I don’t know too many cultures that have play cousins. That’s how generous we are. We just make somebody a family member right? That’s just how we are,” Johnson said.

Chicago’s Business and Economic Neighborhood Development Deputy Mayor, the head of the Department of Planning Development, Infrastructure Deputy Mayor, Chief Operations Officer, Budget Director, and Senior Advisor are all black. Johnson claimed they are focused on pursuing the interests of black people because it “hasn’t happened.”

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Meanwhile, Chicago Public Schools is under investigation by the United States Education Department over its Black Students Success Plan for prioritizing black students’ academic success over the rest of its struggling students. Other schools across the country are similarly continuing their DEI initiatives in open defiance of the Trump administration.

In 2023, the Apostolic Church of God also hosted then-Vice President Kamala Harris for a speech. At the time she also lamented that the majority conservative Supreme Court had “an agenda to attack the importance of diversity and equity and inclusion.”