
Walmart Announces Roll Back of Woke DEI Policies
Following intense pressure from conservative activists and common-sense Americans, Walmart has announced it will “roll back” its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies.
Activist Robby Starbuck made the announcement on X, sharing, “Walmart is ending their woke policies. I can now exclusively tell you what’s changing and how it happened.”
Starbuck calls it “the biggest win yet for our movement to end wokeness in corporate America” and shares some of what Walmart has committed to:• Surveys: Walmart will no longer participate in the HRC’s woke Corporate Equality Index.
• Products: Monitor the Walmart marketplace to identify and remove inappropriate sexual and / or transgender products marketed to children.
• Funding of Grants: Review all funding of Pride, and other events, to avoid funding inappropriate sexualized content targeting kids.
• Equity: We will not extend the Racial Equity Center which was established in 2020 as a special five-year initiative.
• Supplier Diversity: We will evaluate supplier diversity programs and ensure they do not provide preferential treatment and benefits to suppliers based on diversity. We don’t have quotas and won’t going forward. Financing eligibility will no longer be predicated on providing certain demographic data.
• LatinX: Walmart will no longer use the term in official communications.
• Trainings: Walmart will discontinue racial equity training through the Racial Equity Institute.
• DEI: Walmart will discontinue the use of DEI as a term while ensuring a respectful and supportive environment. Our focus is on Belonging for ALL associates and customers.