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> discriminating against a class of corporations is a violation of civil rights This seems obviously true if eg the class in question is the corporation owner'
by klipt 7y ago
> discriminating against a class of corporations is a violation of civil rights
This seems obviously true if eg the class in question is the corporation owner's race or sex.
- pmiller2 7y agoCorporations frequently do not have a single owner. How does the logic work in that case?
- jayd16 7y agoYou would need to show intent either way. If the intent is proven to discriminate based one of several owners I think the protection would still apply.
- ineedasername 7y agoUnder "disparate impact" [0], intent is not required. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disparate_impact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disparate_impact
- wongarsu 7y agoSuppose I make it a known policy to reject as client all companies with at least one Asian owner, Asian major shareholder or Asian board member. If my company is a major market player (or if this policy were widespread) then this creates an incentive for companies to avoid having Asians in those positions, and puts all Asians at a disadvatage. That seems like a civil rights issue to me.
- pmiller2 7y agoThat’s a fairly absurd example all around. As a practical matter, any public company of any size will probably have at least one Asian shareholder.
- wongarsu 7y ago85 years ago such policies existed in Europe with Jews instead of Asians as the target, in the current climate you might instead substitute "Asian" with "Chinese". The race doesn't really matter, it's the concept that matters.
- pmiller2 7y agoYou are missing the point. Your logic means no business can refuse to deal with any public company, because any company of any size has a(n) $ETHNICITY shareholder.
- wongarsu 7y agoYou can always start with "more than 50% of shares held by $ETHNICITY", and if you notice that you have an effect you can slowly lower the limit to allow fewer and fewer $ETHNICITY shareholders.
- pmiller2 7y agoOk, let $ETHNICITY = white Americans.
- Retric 7y agoIf we’re talking globally then plenty of examples of that exist right now. I don’t know your gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or country of origin, but I can guarantee someone you’re going to have issues doing business because of discrimination. Saying X in not an issue in a country where X is protected/prohibited/regulated etc is a very week argument for getting rid of the associated laws.
- ineedasername 7y agoI think you are bypassing the issue the GP was addressing: You said the scenario described by the GGP was absurd. The GP provided a concrete example of that scenario. GP was disputing your characterization of the example as absurd, nothing more.
- bluGill 7y agoYou also need to have either no competition, (or incompetent) and some barrier to entry. Otherwise companies will just by from your competitor. History has plenty of examples where it works, however in many other cases the policy just limits those trying it. Most people don't care enough about your prejudice when they can get a better deal and suddenly the out group becomes normal business partners.
- sio8ohPi 7y agoYou might look up the recent Comcast v. National Association of African American-Owned Media for how alleged race discrimination against a corporation can happen in practice.