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Illinois House votes to require woman, African American on all corporate boards
Newspressnow ^ | 3/30/19 | Cole Lauterbach

Posted on 04/01/2019 2:27:12 AM PDT by Libloather

After a heated debate, calls of racism, and shouting, the Illinois state House of Representatives voted to require all publicly held companies in the state to have at least one woman and one African-American on the company's corporate board.

State Rep. Chris Welch’s bill, which passed Friday, would require any publicly-traded company headquartered in the state to have at least one woman and at least one African-American on its corporate boards starting in 2021.

“No later than the close of the 2020 calendar year, a publicly held domestic or foreign corporation whose principal executive offices, according to the corporation's SEC 10-K form, are located in Illinois shall have a minimum of one female director and one African American director on its board of directors,” according to the text of the bill. It would allow boards to expand to meet the requirements.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: civilrights; discrimination; fascism; house; illinois; quotas; racism; racist; woman
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To: dsrtsage

That’s pretty much what I had in mind. Could put Token and Mecha Streisand on one company’s board, I suppose.


21 posted on 04/01/2019 3:08:01 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Modern feminism: ALL MEN BAD!!!)
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To: BadLands59

> “ I mean, why are they not demanding there be at least one lesbian, one gay, one transgender, one bi-sexual, one gender-queer, one illegal alien, etc., etc.?”

That’s next.


22 posted on 04/01/2019 3:08:22 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Libloather

Who is John Galt?


23 posted on 04/01/2019 3:08:26 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Fortunatly, Orange Man Bad’s tax cuts eliminated extraterritorial taxation starting in 2018, so we should see a lot fewer of these inversions in the future.


24 posted on 04/01/2019 3:09:39 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Modern feminism: ALL MEN BAD!!!)
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To: Libloather

Isn’t this discrimination against the other 27 genders and acronyms? What a joke this has all become.


25 posted on 04/01/2019 3:11:22 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: mylife

And no requirements for disabled, transgender or gay people, so Clyde*, Bruce Jenner and Big Gay Al* need not apply.

*South Park characters


26 posted on 04/01/2019 3:11:27 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Modern feminism: ALL MEN BAD!!!)
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To: mylife

Aaaaaaaan, no mentally challenged people, so leave TIMMAAAAAHHH! off the list.


27 posted on 04/01/2019 3:12:29 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Modern feminism: ALL MEN BAD!!!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Timmmahhhh!


28 posted on 04/01/2019 3:13:34 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Won’t save Illinois. The state is bankrupt, they haven’t got a pot to piss in, so instead of addressing the utter and unnecessary mess they’ve made, they chase off whatever remaining industry they have.

They’re not stupid, they’re craven and immoral. They cling to power at public expense.


29 posted on 04/01/2019 3:13:58 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Schumer delenda est.)
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To: All

This is why I hate meetings.


30 posted on 04/01/2019 3:14:39 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
The Cayman Islands beckon.

Ha!
You will have to first deposit $1 Million CI (cash) in CAYMAN NATIONAL BANK and go from there.
31 posted on 04/01/2019 3:14:49 AM PDT by onyx (Join 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WINNING WAY!)
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To: EinNYC

EVERY DAY more and more articles I see here, I first think to be sarcasm but someone left off the tag.


32 posted on 04/01/2019 3:16:42 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; mylife

Looks like I made a mistake: the handicapped kid on crutches in SP is Jimmy, not Clyde.


33 posted on 04/01/2019 3:18:07 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Modern feminism: ALL MEN BAD!!!)
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To: Libloather

Note to Illinois corporations: If this somehow manages to pass constitutional muster, and I can’t see how, then I make myself available to be your token female board member. I’ll sign a contract stating that, for a modest fee, I will rubber stamp anything the board shoves in from of me.

For a small upcharge, I will also self-identify as an African -American, giving the board a two-fer.

Give me a call.


34 posted on 04/01/2019 3:20:36 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Jimmy is working the Catskills.

Funny bastid.


35 posted on 04/01/2019 3:22:01 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Libloather

How wonderful it would feel to know the only reason you’re on the board is because you’re a woman and/or black.


36 posted on 04/01/2019 3:22:14 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Libloather

Unconstitutional. Somebody will have to spend a lot of money to force IL state legislators to read the Constitution.


37 posted on 04/01/2019 3:22:19 AM PDT by Missouri gal
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To: BadLands59
Well, aren’t they discriminating against the rest of the victims? I mean, why are they not demanding there be at least one lesbian, one gay, one transgender, one bi-sexual, one gender-queer, one illegal alien, etc., etc.?

That's next.

38 posted on 04/01/2019 3:22:42 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Libloather

why not demand a transsexual and an Asian,
and a cripple and a corrupt politician (already demanded).


39 posted on 04/01/2019 3:25:26 AM PDT by Diogenesis ( WWG1WGA)
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To: ealgeone

“How wonderful it would feel to know the only reason you’re on the board is because you’re a woman and/or black“

Or the alternate option - imagine being a woman who worked 70 hour weeks for 20 years and is on the verge of legitimate appointment based purely on merit - only to now have it happen and be seen as tokenism.


40 posted on 04/01/2019 3:29:43 AM PDT by NittanyLion
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