The Golden State of Discrimination

California is having a hard time imposing gender and racial discrimination, thanks to a little thing called the “equal protection clause.”

For the second time in two months, California has had a quota law struck down by the courts. In April, it was a requirement that the boards of the state’s publicly traded companies have a board member (or two or three) from a state-approved list of minority identities.

Now, it’s the state’s law requiring women to be on corporate boards. As it turns out, forcing companies to discriminate in hiring and promotions violates the state’s constitution.

This is a travesty, according to California Democrats, because now this means women will never be on corporate boards. “More women on corporate boards means better decisions and businesses that outperform the competition,” state Senate leader Toni Atkins said. If the ruling stands, “it could mean a return to male-dominated boardrooms,” Politico warns.

Women and minorities simply can’t succeed on their own merits. Only California Democrats and their mandatory discrimination quotas can help them. Discrimination isn’t bad — it’s simply misunderstood. What would a silly equal protection clause know about inclusivity and equity anyway?

So, California Democrats must go back to the drawing board and find another way to tell women and minorities that they aren’t good enough to be promoted on their own. Those poor politicians must find another way to be the great saviors of the oppressed, presumably a way that doesn’t violate their own state constitution.

—By Zachary Faria