Walmart joins the “dump die” reassessment (now that Donald Trump has been re-elected)

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
tuesday, november 26, 2024 at 8:39:00 p.m. est

Walmart joins the “dump dei” reassessment (now that Donald Trump has been re-elected)

GRA: It makes you think that big business pretended to support dei all these years, but now that the nation spoke clearly against this kind of crappola, they jump on the bandwagon to dump dei.

“new york (ap) — Walmart’s sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are re-evaluating the legal and political risks associated with bold programs to bolster historically underrepresented [sic] groups.”

[N.S.: They were never “underrepresented.”]

“the changes announced by the world’s biggest retailer on monday followed a string of legal victories by conservative groups that have filed an onslaught of lawsuits challenging corporate and federal programs aimed at elevating minority and women-owned businesses and employees.

“the retreat from such programs crystalized [sic] with the election of former [sic] President Donald Trump, whose administration is certain to make dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion programs a priority. Trump’s incoming deputy chief of policy will be his former adviser Stephen Miller, who leads a group called America first legal that has aggressively challenged corporate die policies.

“‘there has been a lot of reassessment of risk looking at programs that could be deemed to constitute reverse [sic] discrimination,’ said Allan Schweyer, principal researcher at the human capital center at the conference board.

“‘this is another domino to fall and it is a rather large domino,’ he added.

“among other changes, Walmart said it will no longer give priority treatment to suppliers owned by women or minorities. the company also will not renew a five-year commitment for a racial equity center set up in 2020 after the police killing of george floyd [read floyd OD]. and it pulled out of a prominent gay rights index.

“Schweyer said the biggest trigger for companies making such changes is simply a reassessment of their legal risk exposure, which began after U.S. supreme court’s ruling in june, 2023 that ended affirmative action in college admissions. since then, conservative groups using similar arguments have secured court victories against various diversity programs, especially those that steer contracts to minority or women-owned businesses.”

--GRA

N.S.: The funny thing is, corporate America believes Trump, more than Trump believes Trump. Or is that, Soros/Trump?