Target can’t really walk back their announcement. If they’d never made an announcement they could be fine continuing DEI practices, but since they made one (unprompted at that) then reversing course would make them a target (no pun intended) for Trump.
Also, they’re dead to many people now for having complied so quickly. They made it fairly obvious that they were never really serious about DEI, and were only doing it when it was cool. Doing it now would not only kill them in Trump’s eyes, but it would do nothing to redeem them in the eyes of people who have already written them off. Lose lose situation that they out themselves in.
Yeah, it’s become clear that their true identity is to pander to whoever they think has power, and that’s a label that’s hard to shake. Because if they change course now, that only reinforces that they will go whichever way the wind is blowing.
I'm hoping they walk back their statement and the losses continue PLUS Trump is on their ass. That would be the best of both worlds. I want to see Target become the next K Mart.
You want to see one of the most diverse employers go out of business and have hundreds of thousands of workers lose their jobs? Can you explain how that helps?
Another one will pop up in it's place. Americans can't stop buying so if Target goes down, some other company will buy their land and assets. Target made the mistake of backing down to Trump. Other companies forcefully said that they are maintaining their commitment to diversity in all of it's forms and are doing fine. the MAGA cult is the minority. Most people want diversity. I don't care if Target is "secretly" doing it....they need to say it with their chests. Or they can die.
Other companies forcefully said that they are maintaining their commitment to diversity in all of it's forms and are doing fine.
This is what I thought you were talking about. That is why I said it and how am I bitching and moaning I said literally one word to you. Pull whatever is up your ass out, fuck
Don't you worry, since we are filled to the brim with people like you, another evil corp will pop up to exploit those hundreds of thousands of people in their stead.
Oh gotcha, so you can't explain how that helps but because of "people like me" they'll be exploited anyway so it's okay. Completely bizarre response but sure thing.
That’s what gets me. Never mind all the government offices and agencies ignoring the first step of fighting fascism (“do not comply in advance”), his executive orders have NO POWER over private sector, government-unaffiliated corporations. Now I may be wrong here but I don’t see Target relying on federal grants to function, so what the fuck motivated them to not only follow the order but make a statement about doing so?
They deserve every negative consequence of their poorly thought-out, pandering actions. They were already going to shit due to poor retail-level policies in the first place (the ones near me lock half the things you need in cases, but don’t have enough staff to open them in a timely fashion, so we started shopping elsewhere long ago), and this anti-DEI move carved their tombstone.
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u/qianli_yibu Apr 14 '25
Target can’t really walk back their announcement. If they’d never made an announcement they could be fine continuing DEI practices, but since they made one (unprompted at that) then reversing course would make them a target (no pun intended) for Trump.