CNN BUSINESS | One of America’s first Black CEOs slams ‘bone-headed’ Georgia law as blatant attempt to suppress Black vote
New York (CNN Business) – Dick Parsons had to make countless difficult decisions during his storied corporate career. The
decision to speak out on Georgia’s voting law was not one of them.
“This was an easy one. There is simply no excuse for what the Georgia
legislature has done,” Parsons told CNN Business in his first public
comments on the controversial law.
Parsons, who in the early 2000s became one of the first Black CEOs
of a Fortune 500 company, is among the 72 Black corporate leaders
who signed a letter calling on companies to fight
Republican voting restrictions.
In the interview, the former Time Warner and CBS CEO
slammed the Georgia law as “bone-headed,” a blatant attempt to
suppress the Black vote and a “ruse” that pretends to be aimed at
safeguarding elections. —read
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