Silicon Valley Capitulates to Jesse Jackson Shakedown

NLPC ^ | May 29, 2014 | Carl Horowitz

[Monorprise]

“Corporate leaders from Anheuser-Busch to Toyota have acceded to his demands, agreeing to earmark large sums of money for minority hiring and outreach. Moreover, they typically make sizable donations to Rainbow/PUSH, thus making possible future shakedowns. Often as well they set aside a certain portion of their contracting to minority-owned firms that pay Jackson for referrals. Jackson’s style can be called affirmative action with a clenched fist. And because of white executive timorousness, it gets results.”

I call it extortion, and political blackmail.

[jazusamo]

Thanks for linking your excellent piece, I feel remiss that I didn’t.

Hopefully all that visit will click your link, it’s well worth the read.

[jazusamo]

Amen to that.

[Moonman62]

He issues an ultimatum for more "diversity." As he sees it, the company has a choice:

Buy a very expensive indulgence from him.