Oppose racial profiling
Updated 1/27/2021 11:19 AM
HB0038 is currently in committee of the Illinois House of Representatives. This bill should concern Illinoisans who aspire for a community so beautifully described by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as one where people will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
In a departure from Dr. King s aspirations, HB0038 calls for consideration of race in the hiring process of public-school teachers. This would seem to violate several federal and state civil rights laws. Specifically, the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003 which explains that a unit of the state cannot subject a person to discrimination under any program or activity on the grounds of that person s race, color, national origin, or gender, as well as the language of the Illinois Human Rights Act which prohibits race-based discrimination in employment.