Watch: Illinois Governor Drinks Chocolate Milk to Show Diversity is 'Really Good'

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner participated in a questionable display of diversity and celebration of Black History Month Wednesday when he slugged down a tall glass of chocolate milk.

The Republican Rauner stood on stage at Chicago's James R. Thompson Center stood for an event marking workplace diversity when Hyatt Hotels diversity and inclusion executive Tyronne Stoudemire devised a visual representation.

With Rauner holding the glass, Stoudemire poured the milk as a symbol of white men holding positions of power in the workplace. He then squirted some chocolate syrup from a Hershey's bottle into the glass.

"This chocolate syrup represents diversity," Stoudemire said.

He continued: "When you look at most organizations, diversity sits at the bottom of the organization. You don't get inclusion until you actually stir it up."

Rauner then stirred the concoction up as Stoudemire added: "Diversity is the mix, and inclusion is making the mix work."

Stoudemire was clear that he was "not going to ask the governor to drink it." Rauner, however, was only too happy to take a gulp.

After getting the drink down, Rauner proclaimed: "It's really, really good. Diversity!"

Stoudemire reportedly said he had used the demonstration for the last 16 years to explain poor diversity at Fortune 500 companies around the country.

A spokesperson for Rauner later did not address if the governor had been embarrassed by the stunt.

"This was the event moderator's example of diversity that an audience of all ages could see and understand. It was one of two demonstrations at the event, both of which received ovations from the crowd," the Rauner spokesperson told the Chicago Tribune.

Poor race relations in Chicago have been part of the city's history for decades, but recent polling further illustrated how whites, Hispanics and African-Americans view their city. The results of a New York Times and Kaiser Foundation poll released in May 2016 showed 32 percent of whites felt very safe in their neighborhood, only 16 percent of blacks and 17 percent of Hispanics felt similarly.

In the same poll, 63 percent of blacks and 59 percent of Hispanics stated race relations in Chicago were "generally bad."