As Evanston’s black population continues to drop, city officials will study reparations initiatives. Illinois Town Consider Violating 14th Amendment to U.S. Constitution.

The Chicago Tribune reports:

Over the last two decades, the black population of Evanston has been shrinking.

In 2000, 22.5% of residents identified themselves as black, according to U.S. Census data. The percentage declined to 18.1% in the 2010 Census. The number has continued to fall to an estimated 16.9% in 2017, per the latest American Community Survey estimate.

There's more:

As reparations, the Equity and Empowerment Commission recommended property tax relief for the city’s African American longtime owners of residential property; housing repair and rehabilitation assistance for African American property owners in Evanston; down payment assistance for income-qualified African American home buyers in Evanston; and housing rental assistance for income-qualified, African American residents.

It's as if some elected officials feel the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution doesn't apply to white folks, hispanics, and Asian-Americans in Evanston .