dmitrious cutin, evelyn, lon, estelle yancey, john wadsworth, rudy gonzales, larry, skyler, michelle, and jessica brown. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor kim, supervisor brown, supervisor fewer. and the other supervisors who have sponsored today's hearing. i think the questions we need to ask of the city and h.r., why is it that 50% of the terminations last year were of african american workers. why is it that 25% of probation releases were african american workers. why is it that 40% of medical separations in the past five years were african american workers. why? why is it that 68% of african american workers earn less than the average wage in the city. and why is it that these are the first classifications to be targeted when the economy slows down. they get laid off, these are the classifications that get deskilled, these are the classifications that wages have been cut. some of them are in this room. who have earnings $7 an hour less than other people working alongside them doing the exact same work. why has the city not fixed that? why has the city not fixed the legacy of the