Summary
Walmart has rolled back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, ending DEI training, racial equity programs, and diversity metrics in hiring and supplier decisions.
Employees call the move a betrayal, citing the lack of communication and its impact on marginalized groups.
The rollback has drawn praise from conservatives but criticism from racial equity advocates, including Walmart’s largest workers’ group, United for Respect, which plans to reintroduce a racial equity audit proposal in 2025.
Critics argue the changes mark a major regression for racial and workplace equity at the nation’s largest private employer.
It’s all bullshit because the corporate compiles the statistics and is responsible for holding themselves accountable. Succinctly, if the statistics don’t support the predetermined narrative then the input data will be cherry picked or outright altered until they do support the narrative. In simile it’s like the police policing themselves.
If there’s more nuanced questions I’ll serve as the grapevine to my mother, a recently retired VP HR, or my wife who’s somehow managed to find a Director of HR role in a NPO where she’s empowered to represent the employee.