Reader Mike L. sent me this article about Walmart:
On Monday Walmart confirmed that it’s ending some of its diversity initiatives, removing some LGBTQ-related merchandise from its website and winding down a nonprofit that funded programs for minorities.
The nation’s largest employer, which has about 1.6 million U.S. workers, joined a growing list of companies that have stepped back from diversity, equity and inclusion efforts after feeling the heat from conservative activists.
Some have also attributed changes to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year that struck down affirmative action programs at colleges.
Those companies include Tractor Supply, which said in June it was eliminating DEI roles and stopping sponsorship of Pride festivals. Lowe’s, Ford and Molson Coors have also walked back some of their equity and inclusion policies in recent months.
Others, such as Anheuser-Busch-owned Bud Light and Target, have faced sharp backlash and falling sales after marketing campaigns or merchandise focused on the LGBTQ community.
In a statement, Walmart said it is “willing to change alongside our associates and customers who represent all of America.”
…followed by the usual weasel corporate-speak about “being a Walmart for everyone” blah blah blah.
One would like to think that such a rethink involved realizing that at its heart, the whole “Diversity/Equity/Inclusion” initiative was anything but a vehicle for racial- and sexual inequality, but the reality is that the policy reversal was caused by the economic consequences of customer backlash and revulsion. (Jaguar, of course, has responded to such a reaction to its latest marketing campaign by calling its customers and the public in general hateful and intolerant — we’ll see what happens, but pretty much any fule can predict disaster… for Jaguar.)
And yes, the political ethos has changed as well:
All of a sudden (the Socialists think), what was okay is now somehow not okay. In the past, we made jokes about it:
…and all of a sudden, they think, it’s not okay.
Except that it’s not “all of a sudden”. Most of us have never thought all this woke nonsense was “okay”, but then something happened:
And to paraphrase Forrest Gump: “…and just like that, everything changed.”
Of course, those in the path of this new change are worried and are calling for “moderation” and “bipartisanship”, except:
So:
The change is not just going to come with the destruction of the Deep State (a political institution), but also in the Woke Mindset (a cultural one).
It’s been a long (too long a) time coming, but it’s about time now.
Call me a pessimist, but I’m not holding my breath on a widespread return to common sense.
I’d love to be wrong though.
when I can ship an unloaded revolver from myself in one part of the country to myself in another part of the country via USPS without going through machinations (and expenses) that any self-respecting pretzel would envy, I’d say we’ve finally arrived back at common sense
I won’t be satisfied until DEI nonsense is unanimously ridiculed at it’s mere mention for decades.
I wonder what all these DEI officers are going to do now that they are let go. Will they strike that from their resume and just put in “HR flunky?”
Diversity (all hail Diversity™!) doesn’t mean shit if competence isn’t emphasized.
Walmart et alia didn’t just wake up one day and realize that DEI was wrong. They were brought to that conclusion, kicking and screaming, literally had their noses rubbed in it like housetraining a puppy, by Robby Starbuck. He’s done some incredible work and embarrassed some big name companies. I think at this point all he had to do was mention that he was thinking of doing an expose on Walmart next and that was enough to have Wally toss DEI out the nearest window. So, mad props to that guy.
The liberals in mass are allowing illegals to flood the state and aiding them (isn’t that a crime?). Free places to stay. Free food. Medical care. School for their crotch fruits.
Speaking of fruits is not enough that these mentally ill people run around and people with penis’s dress like women, every day is Halloween, but the. The state says men is ok in women’s sports. And men can go in women’s rooms. This is plain science. But that escapes them
Icing on the cake is the chief tuna tickler Maura the bull dyke Healey signs all kinds of bullshit rights violation laws stripping innocent law abiding citizens of their gun rights after the legislature fast tracks the bullshit.
As I’ve said many times. Trump is going to give this country a much needed enema
I can’t wait to see the funding get cut to all these fucking bullshit programs.
Martin Luther kind said don’t judge people on looks correct?
Yet that’s all the liberals do. Race and gental type is all that matters to liberals. Not merit and hard work.
Fuck the liberals.
Spelling error. Race and genital this is all that matters to liberals.
Coff,
Sometimes I get so frustrated, I can barely speak coherently.
Your meaning came through, loud and clear.
Be careful what you wish for. RFK Jr will go after sugary drinks, fast food, alcohol, and the rest of the nanny state nonsense. Dr. Oz is another appalling pick.
We are living in Interesting Times.
Nah, no common sense involved, it is purely “common cents”.
Every effing company that toed the line for the Biden/Harris stolen years is losing money.
Money talks, BS walks as my dear friend John (RIP) used to say.
Just watch all the “green”, “global whatever”, “battery powered future” and “Equity anything” disappear forthwith.
What is fun to watch is that many stalwart companies may have already gone too far to recover, looking at you VW, Jag-U-Are, GM, Boeing, Target and so many others.
Pass the popcorn, the political and business melee is just starting.
when the alphabet mafia came along a few decades ago, didn’t some folks ask “where do we draw the line?” Many on the left said there should be no line. Now we see the consequences. the left wants to destroy everything that has built civilization. They seek to destroy the family structure, gender, etc.