Pro-DEI and Anti-DEI Businesses List (1/26/25) Vote With Your Dollar

[cyndaquil]

So you’re saying that last week, all these companies were pro Black because they had DEI programs, and now they’re not?

Can you please tell me why it’s a problem, asking for details and transparency for what they say they’re doing for Black people?

Thats not what I'm saying at all. The companies that are anti-DEI are saying "we don't give a fukk about equity for black people at all"

The companies that are still pro-DEI are saying "we still care about presenting that we care about equity for black people"

In the midst of a time period where it is financially incentivized to remove DEI related things if a company is staunchly supporting their DEI programs then they are actually trying to show they give a fukk.

Companies that remove it are saying fukk your shyt we were doing this for money. We don't care.

No large company is "pro-black" unless their target demographic consists entirely of black people. They are instead pro-equity meaning they acknowledge the systematic disadvantages oppressed groups receive and take steps to even the playing field so we can obtain our fair share. That is all. That's what the E in DEI stand for.

Asking for extra stats on a company's pro blackness on whether to shop at a company that's supports DEI vs ones who say "fukk the racism you deal with, it doesn't exist" is asinine. The companies are kinda spelling it out for you.

Your line of thinking would be fine say after the death of George Floyd when every company was trying to take advantage of the situation and present as DEI because it was profitable. But right now even presenting as DEI without actually having the statistics to back it up is a form of protest in our favor.
Does that make more sense? You're not wrong for doing so but it's just unnecessary scrutiny and missing the bigger picture.

 

[RamsayBolton]

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/16/dei-rollback-companies-amazon-meta-mcdonalds

 

[spliz]

DEI is a vague term. Am I the only one who wants to know what it actually consisted of? What percent of Black men and women are getting these jobs, vs whites women, gay white men and Asian/Hispanic/indian? Anyone have any stats?

Put it like this my nikka. Them removing DEI opens up the door for all kinda discrimination without consequence. shyt. Don’t be surprised when women start getting fired while on Maternity leave. Or better yet not getting leave all together.

 

[Admiral Ackbar]

Reminder: JP Morgan and goldman manages mutual funds and ETFs that may have Walmart or Amazon in there. Review your portfolio.

You can recreate a mutual fund by investing in individual stocks via fractional trading. You can own 25% of a share of something like costco.

The thing people need to remember is that in a capitalistic society, money IS power. So when a company(with billions in revenue) pivots to white supremacy, they're doing so because they WANT to. They have enough money that nobody can make them do anything.

Voting, money, and data are all weapons. Use them to fight back. Vote local, divest your money from these oligarchs and get your data off their platforms. They let their nuts hang because they have leverage. Leverage you gave which you can take away.

Rep. Couldn't have said it any better.

 

[Admiral Ackbar]

Let’s be real most people are not really going to be deleting their social media accounts anytime soon.

I deleted Facebook and Twitter three years ago. Deleted Instagram and Threads last week. Never had anything else.

Bluesky is a lonely expanse

 

[skylove4]

Nah, I voted in the election, but folks told me it didn’t matter.

Yeah if people can’t be bothered to vote not even every 2 years but every 4 which can take under 10 mins with early voting they damned sure aren’t boycotting anything that makes their lives a little less comfortable. Sometimes I think about my people and think

 

[bnew]

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1/21
@AkilahObviously
DEI only existed because white people were racist. They had the opportunity to hire based on merit, and they hired their unqualified white friends every time.

DEI isn’t racism. It’s a solution to historical racism.



2/21
@Schweetjustice
Doesn’t DEI kind of clash with the whole concept of hiring based on merit?



3/21
@AkilahObviously
Not if the alternative has always been hiring only white people even when more qualified women and people of color exist. Lol. Read it again.



4/21
@dulcimercharm
NOPE. I agree with MLK, judge each person by the content of their character. Or in workplaces on qualifications.



5/21
@AkilahObviously
So we should get rid of Trump and his cabinet, yes?



6/21
@EdHopkins643765
You can think that if it makes you feel better
I'm sure that was true in 1950



7/21
@AkilahObviously
It literally is why there is major wealth disparity in the US when Black women are graduating from college at the highest rate of any group. Facts don’t care about your feelings.



8/21
@Coach_Moore_FP




9/21
@DannyKPolitics
Counterbalance to privilege & nepotism.



10/21
@Lord_DarkStorm
If people take away DEI without addressing why DEI was implemented in the first place, it’ll be tough to solve racism.



11/21
@GoseyLiquid
Akilah: they have discriminatory hiring practices!

Person: how are you going to fix it?

Akilah: promote discriminatory hiring practices.



12/21
@TheRealTohm
No, DEI exists to push communism. Please stop being stupid and corrupt. You will invariably create more racism, more racial hate and widen a divide that had been largely healed 15 years ago.



13/21
@oec2025
No, DEI existed because incompetent people think they are entitled to something just because their stupid feeling get hurt.



14/21
@GavinElwes
This low IQ take is why you need DEI otherwise your bad takes would go nowhere



15/21
@CAPTAINK346IG
Sucks to have to earn it again, doesn’t it you deadbeat B!TCH?

16/21
@Kingthunder19
However this is good. We need to get together and build our own America. We have been to attached to their reality. We can do it, all we have to do is believe in 1 goal and that's building our own for us. They need us we don't need them. We have made every nation wealthy now it's time to focus on us. What a time to be alive



17/21
@ShawzinMark
DEI is rebranded Communism, and a predicate to tyranny, and authoritarianism.

Totalitarianism is required to enforce “equality”.

Don’t fall for this bullsh*t.



18/21
@Mg10101140168
It’s expired

19/21
@redjwallace
America isn’t a racist country, if it was Obama would never have served two terms.

DEI is racist.



20/21
@VetWarrior76
How very Kendi of you!

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed 60+ years ago. Affirmative Action and its uglier descendant DEI since have destroyed merit in America.

You’re black in America. You’re owed nothing more than any other citizen.

Quit being a victim.



21/21
@CV_Dalcher
Please don’t forget all the years minority employees, if sacked for a just cause, threatened discrimination lawsuits. Working in budget/finance at NPR, I saw the settlement checks.

Small businesses are aware of this risk. How do you expect they mitigate it?

See: hoist; petard




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[O.T.I.S.]

Boeing should be bushed automatically…

Only one that will be difficult is Bozos and Amazon.

I think Apple has always fukked with the neutral, both sides of politics. Basically saying don’t put them in it