Chronicling the creeping demise of Diversity™, Equity™, and Inclusion™, otherwise known as institutionalized racism.
Negotiating with terrorists
For years and years — my whole life, actually — whenever an American organization ran afoul of liberal race orthodoxy and wanted to make amends, it met publicly with the REVEREND, His Holiness, Al Sharpton, apologized, and wrote a fat check as a form of modern indulgence.
Their sins were then washed away.
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Corporations that have abandoned DEI (at least nominally) have returned to the well once more.
Via AfroTech (emphasis added):
PepsiCo representatives met with civil rights leaders from the National Action Network (NAN) after Reverend Al Sharpton threatened to lead a boycott over the company’s decision to scale back parts of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
After sending a letter to the food and beverage brand on April 4, 2025, outlining details of the intended boycott, Sharpton issued a statement on Tuesday, April 15, saying that he and several members of NAN had a “constructive conversation” lasting over an hour with PepsiCo Chairman Ramon Laguarta and PepsiCo North America CEO Steven Williams.
During the meeting at PepsiCo’s global headquarters in Purchase, NY, they had a chance “to discuss our grievances over reports they were rolling back nearly $500 million in DEI commitments.”
“We agreed to follow up meetings within the next few days,” Sharpton wrote. “After that continued dialogue, NAN Chairman Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson and I, both former members of the company’s African American Advisory Board, will make a final determination and recommendation to the organization on what we will do around PepsiCo moving forward, as we continue to deal with a broader swath of corporations with whom we will either boycott or buy-cott.”
Target, which has been at the epicenter of the storm due to its longstanding policy of catering to the racialists, also has plans to consult the Black Oracle and probably write a fat check as well.
Via Fortune (emphasis added):
“Target’s chief executive officer plans to meet this week with the Rev. Al Sharpton, whose civil rights organization has encouraged consumers to avoid U.S. retailers that scaled backed their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
A National Action Network spokesperson on Thursday confirmed Sharpton planned to see Target CEO Brian Cornell in New York but declined to provide any details about the meeting, which was first reported by CNBC…
A number of boycotts were launched of retailers that have pulled back on DEI. Some of the boycotts zeroed in on Target.
An Atlanta-area pastor, the Rev. Jamal Bryant, organized a website called targetfast.org to recruit Christians for a a 40-day Target boycott that started March 5, which marked Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Other faith leaders endorsed the protest.”
College students of color ‘can’t find their community’ due to DEI rollbacks
As the degree to which the younger generations have been infantilized becomes clearer by the day, Students of Color™ at American universities are now complaining they won’t be able to “find their community” unless the government continues to dump millions of dollars into DEI programs on campus.
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Via Associated Press (emphasis added):
Campus mentors. Move-in events. Scholarships. Diversity offices that made them feel welcome on predominantly white campuses.
As U.S. colleges pull back on diversity, equity and inclusion practices, students of color say they are starting to lose all of these things and more.
The full scope of campus DEI rollbacks is still emerging as colleges respond to the Trump administration’s orders against diversity practices. But students at some schools said early cuts are chipping away at the sense of community that helped open the door to higher education.
“It feels like we’re going back. I don’t know how else to describe it,” said Breeana-Iris Rosario, a junior at the University of Michigan, which is closing its DEI office and scrapping a campus-wide inclusion plan. “It’s like our voices aren’t being heard.”…
“It would be hard to find my community if I didn’t have access to these resources,” she said.
More corporate sponsors bail on Pride™ sodomy festivals
The transgender corporate shakedown racket continues to bleed support for its upcoming annual sodomy festival.
Via NBC News (emphasis added):
Several of the nation’s largest LGBTQ Pride celebrations are down hundreds of thousands of dollars in corporate sponsorships this year, with some event organizers saying promised funds have been withdrawn or reduced and others saying they’ve been ghosted by longtime corporate partners.
Pride organizers say some companies fear being targeted by the Trump administration over participation in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, while others are preserving cash in a tumultuous economy.
“I know that they’re facing tough decisions inside those organizations, and I don’t want to call them out. I want to call them in,” Suzanne Ford, the executive director of San Francisco Pride, said of disappearing sponsors. “We will remember who stood by us and who didn’t*. When it was politically popular, they were lined up.”
*Threatening and blackmail — the classic method for winning hearts and minds.
