DEI Roll Back
Target announced Friday that it’s taking Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies off the shelves, citing “many years of data, insights, listening, and learning.”
The home of Bullseye’s Playground joins a growing list of corporations––including McDonald’s, Ford, Amazon, Walmart, and Meta––scaling back DEI efforts in recent months, a response to conservative activism (and now, the White House), which criticize the policies as discriminatory and unlawful.
Others are holding the DEI line.
At a recent annual meeting, 98% of Costco shareholders rejected a proposal urging the company to evaluate risks associated with its DEI initiatives. The board emphasized that DEI, like its rotisserie chicken prices, isn’t budging and promised to defend “respect and inclusion.” Apple’s board and JPMorgan’s CEO have also committed to maintaining their DEI initiatives.
Verse to consider as governments, companies, and people change…“‘Though the mountains move and the hills shake, my love will not be removed from you and my covenant of peace will not be shaken,’ says your compassionate Lord.”
Isaiah 54:10 (CSB) (read full passage)