Walmart joins list of companies that are rolling back DEI policies

THOMPSON HAS THIS ONE TONIGHT,

WALMART JOINING A GROWING LIST

OF COMPANIES ROLLING BACK

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

INITIATIVES AMID GROWING

PRESSURE FROM CONSERVATIVE

ACTIVISTS.

>> I AM VERY PROUD TO REPORT TO

YOU GUYS THAT WALMART HAS

DECIDED ON MAKING SOME CHANGES.

>> THE LARGEST RETAILER IN THE

WORLD, CONFIRMING IT WILL CURB

RACIAL EQUITY TRAINING FOR

EMPLOYEES NO LONGER CONSIDER

SUPPLIERS RACE OR GENDER TO

BOOST DIVERSITY. STOP SELLING

LGBTQ THEMED ITEMS ONLINE THAT

ARE MARKETED TO CHILDREN,

INCLUDING CHEST BINDERS FOR

YOUTH GOING THROUGH A GENDER

CHANGE AND IN FUNDING FOR ITS

RACIAL EQUITY CENTER, A FIVE

YEAR PHILANTHROPIC EFFORT

LAUNCHED AFTER THE POLICE

KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD IN 2020,

WHICH SPARKED NATIONWIDE

PROTESTS AND A RACIAL JUSTICE

RECKONING. WALMART, WHICH

EMPLOYS ROUGHLY 1.6 MILLION

WORKERS IN THE U.S, ALSO ENDED

ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE HUMAN

RIGHTS CAMPAIGN'S CORPORATE

EQUALITY INDEX FOLLOWING THE

SAME MOVE BY FORD,

HARLEY-DAVIDSON, LOWE'S AND

MOLSON COORS.

>> WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL WE

HAVE ELIMINATED WOKENESS IN

CORPORATE AMERICA.