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Illinois Business Enterprise for Minorities Females and nd Persons with Disabilities Act, <br /> ' 301LCS 575/2 <br /> (30 ILCS 575/2) <br /> (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2016) <br /> Sec. 2. Definitions. <br /> (A) For the purpose of this Act, the following terms shall <br /> ' have the following definitions: <br /> (1) "Minority person" shall mean a person who is a <br /> citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States <br /> and who is any of the following: <br /> t (a) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person <br /> having origins in any of the original peoples of North <br /> and South America, including Central America, and who <br /> maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment) . <br /> ' (b) Asian (a person having origins in any of the <br /> original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or <br /> the Indian subcontinent, including, but not limited <br /> ' to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, <br /> Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and <br /> Vietnam) . <br /> (c) Black or African American (a person having <br /> ' origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa) . <br /> Terms such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in <br /> addition to "Black or African American". <br /> (d) Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, <br /> ' Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or <br /> other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race) . <br /> (e) Native_Hawaiian__-or_Other Pacific--islander (a <br /> person having origins in any of the original peoples <br /> of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands) . <br />