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[LeftofLeft]

Target is facing problems because they chose to follow Trumps racism.

Target drops DEI initiatives and learns there are harsh consequences

Ariel Messman-Rucker

February 5, 2025

Target is facing the harsh reality that actions have consequences after ending their DEI initiatives.

The retailer is currently being sued for allegedly hiding the risks of ending the company’s DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs after customers angry about the move started a boycott.

Last month, Target joined major corporations across the country who have been rolling back diversity initiatives in the wake of President Donald Trump taking power. The company also issued a memo that said it would end its Racial Equity Action and Change program and will be “stopping all external diversity-focused surveys including HRC’s Corporate Equality index,” the Advocate reports.

The backlash to the move was swift, with civil rights activists and people across social media calling for a boycott. Georgia pastor Dr. Jamal Bryan even told his congregation that they should participate in a “40-day fast from Target.”

Now, the mega-store is realizing that while ditching diversity programs may win over Republicans, there are also very real consequences.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/target-drops-dei-initiatives-learns-175652237.html

Black folks' dollars helped build businesses like Target. Black folks should be represented as employees and management equal to our proportion of the population. It is a shame that some whites are so racist that they want to refuse blacks 13 percent of the jobs while they get 60 percent, and we aren't whining about it.

How racist can Trump be when he was the President- not Obama-that restored Annual funding for Historically Black Colleges? How racist can Trump be when he recently cut funding for historically White Colleges due to their tolerance of hate and antisemitism?

DEI necessarily puts attributes above skillsets.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Whites need to STFU about this. Your asses are overrepresented in every position and it is not because of merit or qualifications..

And if you want to talk about the NBA or NFL, then instead of reading resumes and picking people for interviews, structure your hiring practices to allow all potential employees to do the tasks required for the job. Cut those who are unable to meet the company requirements until you have hired the person who has shown by performance that they can do the job. That's how it is done in the NFL and NBA. More whites play basketball nd football than blacks. Mre whites t ry out fr the team, but when its time to compete head to head, many whites lose. That's why the NF and NBA are as they are. It's determined by performance on the field, not by picking resumes.

You racists nit pick the NBA or NFL. You dn't say shit abut the NHL. You don't say shit about MLB. But you would if these sports were majority black. Whites have NEVER picked the most qualified. And this opposition to DEI is not about merit; its bout making certain whites get most of everything no matter whether they are qualified or not. Whites aren't always the most qualified and there is no instance where whites are 80-90 percent of all qualified people, yet this is what we see in many occupations.

More whites play basketball nd football than blacks

According to racial equality activist Richard Lapchick, the NBA in 2023 was composed of 70.4 percent black players, 17.5 percent white players, 2.2 percent Latino players of any race, and 0.2 percent Asian players. Additionally, 9.7 percent of the players were classified as either multiracial or "other" races.<a href="Race and ethnicity in the NBA - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a>

Share of NFL players by race 2023 | Statista

The NFL is a league with very mixed racial demographics. In 2023, over 53 percent of NFL players were black or African American.

www.statista.com

 

[Superbadbrutha]

How many DEI hires has Target fired in the last 30 days?

Are you, once again, making a mountain out of a molehill?

I saw Kamala in a picture about this 'disaster', is she trying to be relevant?

So, you are asking how many white women they have fired in the last 30 days?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

The Target around here never made a point of identity sales. In California Target had displays of black owned merchandise and lists of black supporting companies. I always appreciated that advertisement. Several times I almost bought something then noticed it was black owned.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

How racist can Trump be when he was the President- not Obama-that restored Annual funding for Historically Black Colleges? How racist can Trump be when he recently cut funding for historically White Colleges due to their tolerance of hate and antisemitism?

DEI necessarily puts attributes above skillsets.

Why do you clowns keep telling that lie about Trump and funding for HBCUs? Congress sent him a bill and he signed it; it was not an issue he called for.

 

[Auld Phart]

So, you are asking how many white women they have fired in the last 30 days?

whites, blacks, Latinos, gays, etc.

and why stop at 30 days?

 

[Orangecat]

If we are mad, it is based on facts, not our imagination.

Are you mad?

 

[Crepitus]

Target is facing problems because they chose to follow Trumps racism.

Target drops DEI initiatives and learns there are harsh consequences

Ariel Messman-Rucker

February 5, 2025

Target is facing the harsh reality that actions have consequences after ending their DEI initiatives.

The retailer is currently being sued for allegedly hiding the risks of ending the company’s DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs after customers angry about the move started a boycott.

Last month, Target joined major corporations across the country who have been rolling back diversity initiatives in the wake of President Donald Trump taking power. The company also issued a memo that said it would end its Racial Equity Action and Change program and will be “stopping all external diversity-focused surveys including HRC’s Corporate Equality index,” the Advocate reports.

The backlash to the move was swift, with civil rights activists and people across social media calling for a boycott. Georgia pastor Dr. Jamal Bryan even told his congregation that they should participate in a “40-day fast from Target.”

Now, the mega-store is realizing that while ditching diversity programs may win over Republicans, there are also very real consequences.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/target-drops-dei-initiatives-learns-175652237.html

Black folks' dollars helped build businesses like Target. Black folks should be represented as employees and management equal to our proportion of the population. It is a shame that some whites are so racist that they want to refuse blacks 13 percent of the jobs while they get 60 percent, and we aren't whining about it.

Target lost $12 billion in value in a week.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Target didn't lose $15.7B after rolling back DEI policies in January 2025

The retailer said the claim, which featured figures reported in 2023 and 2024, was "inaccurate."

www.snopes.com

Just to give some context..

 

[LeftofLeft]

Why do you clowns keep telling that lie about Trump and funding for HBCUs? Congress sent him a bill and he signed it; it was not an issue he called for.

I didn’t lie. The question you need to be asking is what Democrats did or did not do for HBCUs.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

I didn’t lie. The question you need to be asking is what Democrats did or did not do for HBCUs.

Please, it was the Congress that created the bill and that idiot just signed it. Over the last 70yrs Democrats have done unbelievable more for the Black Community as compared to Republicans.

 

[LeftofLeft]

Please, it was the Congress that created the bill and that idiot just signed it. Over the last 70yrs Democrats have done unbelievable more for the Black Community as compared to Republicans.

How come Obama and his Democrat Congress didn’t do it? And how about Trump backing sentencing reform to undue the Clinton and Biden-backed Crime Bill that impacted Blacks?

Goddamnit, don’t you give Trump credit for anything or is it just easy to hate on him for everything because the Democrat masters call Trump “racist” in everything he does?

 

[AZrailwhale]

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Target took a hit from folks who stopped going there when they started the woke nonsense ...
And now they are going to take a hit if and when they get rid of the woke nonsense.

That's some stupid crap ... Make some mistakes and piss everyone off ... Playing social engineering in a retail store ...
Never good for business ... Fuck around and find out ...

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Businesses used to be smart enough to not publicize their social and political stands. It’s a no-win proposition for them, no matter what they support they alienate some customers.