Gov. Rauner drinks chocolate milk to demonstrate his commitment to diversity
“It’s really, really good,” Rauner said after taking a sip of the sugary drink. “Diversity!”
The clunky corporate metaphor was the brainchild of Hyatt Hotels diversity and inclusion executive Tyronne Stoudemire,
who appeared alongside Rauner on Wednesday at the downtown Chicago
Thompson Center to discuss workplace diversity at a Black History Month
event.
Enlisting Rauner as his lanky magician’s assistant,
Stoudemire, who is black, poured a glass of milk to represent the white
men who lead most organizations (including, um, the state of Illinois).
“This
chocolate syrup represents diversity,” Stoudemire said, before
squirting a healthy dash of brown syrup that immediately sank to the
bottom of the glass.

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