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3 thoughts on “City government workers not as diverse as residents they serve

  1. Great, cultural Marxism is coming for taxpayer funded jobs. I am guessing disparities in pay can be chalked up to education level and tenure in the position. I am also certain that once the number of non-white city employees exceeds their share of the the population no one quoted here will be insisting minority recruitment needs to be ratcheted back to bring things back into balance.

  2. A disparity has been noted. Draconian measure were not proposed. An objective, not directive, is to seek to improve diversity and disparities. Common assumptions about education and tenure may not truly reflect why pay varies. Why women often make less that men or one race makes more than another given comparable education and experience has been the subject of many studies. Systemic bias has been noted as a reason; one hopes that is not the case in Indianapolis. Those within the city government HR structure can best assess wage disparities based on experience and performance, That this be done in a transparent and consistent manner is key.

  3. The statement is troublesome.

    “Personally, I’m not going to be encouraged to send Black people to go work for the city if they’re not going to receive a living wage,” he said. “That doesn’t help the Black community.”

    The median income for Indy is about $46,000/year. I am concerned about the statement that it is not a living wage.

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