#DEI

[marionmabelle]

the words “women” and “female” being on a list of flagged words to censor research projects that might violate trump’s anti-DEI policies is absolutely insane. we literally make up half of the population.

[certaindreamchopshop]

Mediocre white people think DEI means “lowering the bar so the ‘right kind of people’ can have a job” because that’s how the world has worked for them.

DEI does not mean lower standards.

You are thinking of white privilege.

[afriblaq]

They stay obsessed

"Not only that they don't understand the concept of being pro your community, and having pride in who you are without it meaning you hate everyone else. It's because their entire identity is based on hating others, and being in other people's business and oppressing them. No one is ever thinking about them but they are always worried about what we are doing."

[nightvalechildarmy]

These are the words US Federal government agencies are pulling, flagging, or recommending against using (source). There is no set of revisions that will protect us. Removing “DEI” will not help us. They want to ban the work toward a better future by banning what we can talk about. We must not comply in advance. Resist! Speak up! Drown out their fear with our community!

@our-trans-punk-experience

[mysharona1987]

[my-midlife-crisis]

[transgender-daemon-faerie]

Just gonna leave this here

[socialjusticeinamerica]

They must give away degrees because a disproportionate number of dumb ass MAGAt politicians attended. Really dumb as in bag of rocks.

[covington-shenanigans]

here's the AP article link, should be readable without a paywall:

the web site for the full boycott is here -- they also have links for Black-owned businesses you can shop with instead:

40% y'all...

[towlerknows]

I wasn't aware of this one, so I'm trying to spread the word.

[liberalsarecool]

Too many white people thought DEI was just about POC.

That unserious, uncurious white disposition is how conservative politicians manipulate the masses.

You don't care about others? Grow the fcuk up.

[animentality]

[gwydionmisha]

Stay Noisy. It works sometimes.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Ryan Adamczeski at The Advocate:

After Target made the decision to drop diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, Minnesota's largest Pride festival decided to drop them as a sponsor. Now, Twin Cities Pride has more funding than they started with. Target issued a memo on Friday announcing the end of its three-year DEI goals, including its Racial Equity Action and Change (REACH) program and "all external diversity-focused survey’s including HRC’s Corporate Equality index.” The Human Rights Campaign effort, which provides benchmarks on corporate policies relevant to LGBTQ+ employees, previously gave Target a score of 100 percent, dubbing the company a “Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion." In response, the largest Pride organization in Minnesota and the largest free Pride celebration in the United States, Twin Cities Pride, announced this week that it would be dropping Target as a sponsor for its 2025 events. The company had initially pledged $50,000, and had been involved in Pride celebrations for around two decades.

[...] Target was not backing down on its $50,000 pledge, but Otto says that TCP and their allies still saw the move as a betrayal, as the company is "taking away safety for the community not only in their employees, but in their suppliers." As the community was "looking to us to hold them accountable," TCP's board made the decision to remove Target as a sponsor. "This isn't about the money," Otto says. "Because if the money wasn't there, would we even be questioning this decision? The answer is no. The reality of it is, is that it's the right thing to do for our community." The end of DEI programs and LGBTQ+ inclusivity initiatives marks a significant shift for the Minnesota-based company, which once withstood protests from hate groups over its inclusive bathroom policies and Pride displays. However, the change was not sudden, as Target pulled some of its Pride Month merchandise in 2023 amid threats and violent protests in stores.

[...] Companies' willingness to abandon the LGBTQ+ community contributes to the long-standing debate among activists over "Rainbow Capitalism," which refers to the trend of companies marketing to or profiting off the queer community without meaningfully supporting them. Examples include Disney using a rainbow logo while cancelling or censoring LGBTQ+ projects, Netflix claiming to support LGBTQ+ people while hosting Dave Chapelle's harmful jokes about transgender people, or Target scaling back Pride displays after pressure from extremists despite decades of precedent.

With Target abandoning its once-stellar support for the LGBTQ+ community by dropping DEI, Twin Cities Pride not only ousted them from sponsorship but raised more money.

See Also:

LGBTQ Nation: Pride organization rejects Target’s $50K donation after the store turns its back on DEI

[mysharona1987]