Municipal and School Officials Push Equity Crusade To Boost Minority Outcomes – City Journal

"[O]ne of [Lightfoot's] first moves as mayor was to appoint . . . a chief equity officer.... Lightfoot was inspired to create the new post partly by the Chicago Public Schools, which the year before had appointed its own equity officer and debuted a 'Curriculum Equity Initiative,' which called for course work to be 'fair across race, religion, ethnicity and gender; and culturally relevant with the mindful integration of diverse communities, cultures, histories and contributions.'"