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Huge hockey fan and this has really disappointed me. Really hoping to see a player break it here soon now that season is underway.
The NHLs take a knee moment, how inspiring for them.
Target showed the way now other corps are walking back 10 years of diversity statements and commitments that were empty markering to begin with for most.
Shit, what did I miss with Target? They’ve def always seemed pretty open and let their employees wear little flag or pronoun pins. Or do you mean them removing pride merch in June after all the threats on their employees/stores?
Yes, that's what I was referring to with Target. In the face of ignorance and hate speech and threats, folding like a stack of cards because you're worried about your margins isn't a commitment to diversity. Bigots threatening employees is not a cause to remove the reality making them uncomfortable, it's cause to get security to throw them the fuck out of your store if you're "committed to diversity" not just changing your LinkedIn logo once a year.
The problem is that when someone as big with as many resources as they have abandons their stated values so quickly, it just sets the tone for many other companies; and the bigots know if they just act like assholes, many smaller companies wont' have the resources to be able to support their employees, call the cops, hire security, etc.