The term "woke" was so 2024. Now we're on to talking about "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" with the same derision.
One of the early actions T-rump took was to talk about how DEI programs need to stop, because they are... something. I don't know what, its just word soup (like woke was before it).
Many companies decided to just go along with it, and just dropped their initiatives. Which shows that these companies and their leadership never took the programs seriously, it was just done for appearances. I mean, if you just flow with the politics that quickly, and move on to curry favor with "dear leader," then we have to assume you never expected anything from it anyway.
Then we had the plane crash in DC, which caused T-rump to blame DEI for it! Which is both a not-so-subtle way of saying that he wants white men in charge, and also would suggest he's trying to pull a magicians trick, and shift focus away from something else by getting people lathered up about DEI.
Oh but it doesn't end there. Costco said they planned to continue their program, and would wait for shareholders to weigh in on how it should evolve. Which led to 19 attroneys general (need I mention that they're all from GOP-led states?) to band together and send a letter to Costco telling them that T-rumps executive order made clear they needed to do away with the program, and they will pursue legal action if Costco doesn't listen.
Bad enough that they're bullying a private company for its own hiring practices that conform with the law. But worse was this line in said letter: "Costco should not have policies that discriminate in hiring based on race or gender,"
Which I read as "you need to hire more straight, white men."
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