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Re:L.A. judge rules LGBT corporate diversity law unconstitut... by rectang on Sunday April 03, 2022 @12:27AM (#30894438)
Yes, they are now. (As far as I know.) But such was not always the case, for example in the Jim Crow south — where all-white juries routinely convicted innocent black defendants and routinely exonerated guilty white defendants. Proper Jury representation had to be foisted on Southern states, who resisted it mightily.
Re:L.A. judge rules LGBT corporate diversity law unconstitut... by slibhb on Sunday April 03, 2022 @10:15AM (#30897085)
As far as I know there is no law that says that all juries must have a black/gay/woman/whatever on them.

Is your point that board members should be randomly drawn from the population like jury members?

Re:L.A. judge rules LGBT corporate diversity law unconstitut... by rectang on Sunday April 03, 2022 @10:47AM (#30897305)
I'm not proposing a specific remedy at this time. My point is that representation matters. Which I don't imagine we'll ever agree about.
Re:L.A. judge rules LGBT corporate diversity law unconstitut... by slibhb on Sunday April 03, 2022 @10:58AM (#30897394)
Representation matters when it's the result of discrimination. You're assuming that any deviation from proportional representation is due to discrimination. I see no reason to assume that.