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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: Bigoted California Law Struck Down
Description: In a rare and startling bit of good news from California, the LA Superior Court struck down as unconstitutional the state’s new corporate diversity law. It had mandated that corporations diversify their boards with people from certain racial, ethnic, or LGBT groups. Sensible boards understand that having members with a variety of perspectives strengthens decision making and produces better outcomes. But it’s the quintessence of bigotry to assume that someone’s viewpoint is determined by race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. The California law reinforced the bigoted premise that people’s immutable characte...