The other day I read two stories that indicate a dichotomy in larger corporations.
First, earlier this week the Wall Street Journal ran a very satisfying story yesterday headlined, “Walmart Rolls Back DEI Programs.” The sub-headline added, “Retail giant will wind down Center for Racial Equity and prevent sellers from listing some LGBTQ-themed items on its website.” It’s not just Walmart. Walmart swings massive momentum as the world’s largest retailer, dictating preferred terms to a vast root system of suppliers and manufacturers. Could the nation’s long DEI nightmare officially be over? Has the tide, at long last, finally turned?
From C and C:
A now-familiar name appeared in the Journal’s article: conservative filmmaker and anti-DEI activist Robby Starbuck. Robby tweeted about how the Walmart turnaround went down. He contacted Walmart management and told them he planned to run a story on their DEI programs. Walmart management asked for an emergency meeting with Robby, and when they met, Walmart reviewed a long list of planned DEI rollbacks.
Illustrating the power of a single committed conservative activist, Robby Starbuck has now been involved in deleting DEI from corporate policies at: Tractor Supply, John Deere, Harley Davidson, Polaris, Indian Motorcycle, Lowe’s, Ford, Coors, Stanley Black & Decker, Jack Daniels, DeWalt tools, Craftsman, Caterpillar, Boeing, Toyota and now WALMART.”
Here the “woke” Walmart awoke.
On the other hand from Daybreak Insider:
“Geico is the latest company forcing their employees to undergo re-education. A company memo obtained by the X page, “Libs of Tik Tok” revealed Geico employees must complete a mandatory training course on gender ideology. In order to keep their jobs, workers are reportedly forced to introduce their pronouns to every customer they engage with. “I’m happy to help you today. I do want to let you know I use he/him pronouns. Let’s see about adding your new car to your policy,” read a sample scenario featured in the memo. The insurance company instructs employees to “correct” customers who dare to misgender them.”
Here if the “woke” (Geico ) continues, it will only get closer to broke!
So here we have a dichotomy. Whereas Walmart is getting smarter, Geico is getting dumber. Geico may have good commercials, but only lulus in the front office. I look for Geico to end this gender ideology nonsense, before Robby Starbucks gets wind of what they are doing!
12/5/24