Companies cave in to the right on DEI

Folks associate DEI with Black people, but the cohort who gained the most under DEI is white women.

Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) 2025-01-02T21:57:30.305Z

The whole DEI thing is pretty straightforward.DEI is the far from perfect vehicle through which organizations try to uphold basic civil rights commitments.Basic civil rights commitments have always been “divisive” bc not everyone is down w civil rights.www.businessinsider.com/costco-dei-d…

Jonathan Feingold (@jpygold.bsky.social) 2025-01-06T13:23:13.290Z

A corporation that depends on diverse populations as both customers and underpaid labor. If I dined there, I'd stop. McDonald’s rolls back DEI programs, ending push for greater diversitywww.theguardian.com/business/202…

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis.bsky.social) 2025-01-07T12:15:35.334Z

In case you're curious, this is the internal Meta "fuck DEI" announcement received by Meta employees

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) (@iwriteok.bsky.social) 2025-01-11T00:22:23.147Z

Republicans are blaming the California fires on DEI. McDonald's & other corporations are bending the knee and removing their DEI initiatives.Our take: In Defense of DEI, and why it actually benefits American workers. Please read and share.www.theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) 2025-01-09T17:08:02.872Z

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is terminating major DEI programs, effective immediately

Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) 2025-01-10T19:10:04.731Z

climate change? no. high winds and drought? no. DEI? yes. right-wingers blame DEI for wildfires. http://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01…

Stuart A. Thompson (@stuartathompson.bsky.social) 2025-01-09T21:30:53.289Z

💥 NEWS: #Apple board joins Costco and at least 7 other corporate boards, telling right-wing nonprofit NO to #DEI roll back proposal. Apple board unanimously rejects proposal, just as boards of Costco, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo and others have done. #CorpGovwww.theverge.com/2025/1/10/24…

Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 (@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social) 2025-01-11T00:48:41.929Z

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