Walmart has announced significant changes to its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, joining a growing list of major U.S. corporations pulling back on “woke” initiatives.
The retail giant will discontinue its ‘Racial Equity Center’, phase out terms like “LatinX” and “DEI” in favour of “belonging,” and adjust its approach to funding community events, including Pride celebrations, to ensure they promote child-appropriate environments.
Walmart also confirmed it has removed products, such as chest binders marketed toward children, that violate company policies. The company said these decisions reflect ongoing adjustments to align with the evolving values of its associates and customers.
This rollback mirrors recent moves by other prominent companies like Ford, John Deere, and Toyota, which have also scaled back their participation in DEI-related programmes.
Earlier this year Toyota announced it was ditching its sponsorship of the Olympics due to an out of control “woke” politicisation of the games.
Notably, Walmart, Ford, and others have opted out of the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index, which evaluates workplace policies for LGBTQ+ inclusivity.
The trend signals a broader shift in corporate America, as businesses respond to criticism over DEI initiatives perceived as politically divisive or overly intrusive into corporate culture.
Anti-woke activist Robby Starbuck has taken credit for pushing Walmart to rethink its policies, telling Fox News that the retailer’s changes reflect a growing movement to “eliminate wokeness” from corporate America. Walmart, however, clarified that many of these adjustments were already in progress before recent activism. In a statement, the company reiterated its commitment to fostering a sense of belonging for its diverse workforce and customer base, emphasising that every decision is aimed at creating opportunities and inclusivity for all.
As for Starbuck, the crusade continues, “I won’t stop until wokeness is a relic of the past,” he said.
Walmart Nukes DEI As Anti-Woke Crusader Robby Starbuck Sends “Shockwaves Across Corporate America”
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Will this have any spinoff effects emanating to ‘Mums NZ Navy?’
It was a brilliant rescue though!
The Captain did a great job
Which could have involved much loss of life
What anybody does on a sinking ship
You get off the f*cking thing
Awards for bravery for locals in providing waka to enable the evacuation to be carried out in perilous conditions
Has all the hallmarks of a thriller
The table is set and the outcome decided
Hopefully everybody will have forgotten about it by then
Politicians don’t get re-elected, companies loose massive amounts of revenue……what i do find interesting is the degree of hubris that suggested most people would entertain this illogical, at times warped nonsense to start with. Biology defying claims about more than two genders and bizarre claims about men and women being all able to do the same things, that defy physical/ biological parameters. Desperately trying to make out that the views of very small minority are somehow representative of the majority. Again, this is globalism and I for one, REJECT IT COMPLETELY!!!