The Push For Chicago’s First Ever Majority Asian American Ward

Chinatown vaccination site
The Pui Tak Center in Chicago's Chinatown, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Marc C. Monaghan / WBEZ
Chinatown vaccination site
The Pui Tak Center in Chicago's Chinatown, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Marc C. Monaghan / WBEZ

The Push For Chicago’s First Ever Majority Asian American Ward

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Around 35,000 Asian Americans live in a Chicago area, which includes Chinatown and surrounding neighborhoods. Yet Chicago, nor any other U.S. city, have a majority Asian American legislative ward.

Reset asks WBEZ Race, Class and Communities reporter Esther Yoon-Ji Kang about efforts to make it happen.