Diversity Policy Rollbacks
Meta and Amazon have joined a growing number of companies (Walmart, McDonald’s, Ford, John Deere, etc.) that’ve scaled back their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
Companies say they use DEI programs to promote diverse hiring (diversity), fair treatment and opportunity regardless of race, gender, or other identifiers (equity), and a workplace culture where everyone feels valued (inclusion).
Critics of DEI argue that the programs end up promoting discriminatory practices, and companies are changing or removing their policies to avoid legal risk (think: a 2023 ruling that barred private universities from considering race in admissions).
Meta stated the legal “shift” as its main reason for scrapping the program in a memo Friday. The rollback follows other recently announced updates to the tech company’s policies, including relaxing fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads posts.
Verse to consider when you get an email from HR… “Finally brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is anything praiseworthy—dwell on these things. Do what you have learned and received and heard from me, and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.”
Philippians 4:8-9 (CSB) (read full passage)