Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner Drinks Chocolate Milk Because He Says It Represents Racial Diversity

Chicago Tribune — “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.

…“This chocolate syrup represents diversity,” Stoudemire said, before squirting a healthy dash of brown syrup that immediately sank to the bottom of the glass.

“When you look at most organizations, diversity sits at the bottom of the organization,” Stoudemire continued. “You don’t get inclusion until you actually stir it up.”

Rauner then stirred the syrup into the milk, turning it brown, and he took a sip and pronounced it good.

“Diversity is the mix, and inclusion is making the mix work,” Stoudemire said, concluding his analogy.

Governor Rauner here is taking “I’m not racist, I have black friends” and amping it up 100 notches with “I’m not racist, I drink chocolate milk.” Incredible. You might’ve been thinking this white dude is only looking out for white folks but then Hyatt Hotels has him take a sip of cold chocolate milk and poof, your worries are gone. Vanished. Definitely keep an eye on all those non-inclusive governors drinking plain white milk but Rauner’s not a problem. He’s squeezing chocolate syrup in there, stirring that shit up, and including the hell out of everybody. Genius.

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h/t Fred