I worked for a number of companies and had to sign many none discrimination forms and for 24 years I hired people, the company that I worked had what the right-winger call DEI, the policy stated that we would hire the best person for the job and not be influence by their age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability as the law says.
No one form, not one, not one individual said anything about a quota or giving preferential treatment to a person based on any of those classes.
The home improvement and agriculture chain released a statement Thursday addressing the criticism and announcing the change.NBC NewsBy Mirna AlsharifJune 28, 2024American retailer Tractor Supply Co. has eliminated its diversity, equity and inclusion roles and goals following weeks of conservative criticism online.The home improvement and agriculture chain released a statement Thursday addressing the criticism and announcing the change.“We have heard from customers that we have disappointed them,” read the statement posted on X. “We have taken this feedback to heart.”The company also announced other changes it would make, including no longer submitting data to the LGBTQ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign, focusing “on rural America priorities” including education and veterans causes, and no longer sponsoring “nonbusiness activities like pride festivals and voting campaigns.”This move comes after weeks of criticism spearheaded by Robby Starbuck, a producer and director turned conservative political commentator.
But it is not just us that they pulled back from… CNBC writes,
Tractor Supply, a retail chain that sells home improvement equipment, livestock and agricultural supplies for farmers and pet owners, is eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion roles; withdrawing carbon emission goals; and walking back support for the LGBTQ community as part of sweeping changes to environmental, social and governance initiatives, the company announced this week.
So it is the whole kit and kaboodle of woke and not just us.
My guess these pull backs will come and bite them in the butt when someone sues them for discrimination.
In other news... and it is really bad.
AP NewsBY JIM VERTUNO AND ANDREW DEMILLOJune 28, 2024The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to decide on and seek medical care for their children.The 8-1 ruling from the all-Republican court leaves in place a law that has been in effect since Sept. 1, 2023. Texas is the largest of at least 25 states that have adopted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.The Texas law prevents transgender people under 18 from accessing hormone therapies, puberty blockers and transition surgeries, though surgical procedures are rarely performed on children. Children who had already started the medications had to taper off their use.“We conclude the Legislature made a permissible, rational policy choice to limit the types of available medical procedures for children, particularly in light of the relative nascency of both gender dysphoria and its various modes of treatment and the Legislature’s express constitutional authority to regulate the practice of medicine,” Justice Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle wrote in the court’s decision.
This is really depressing… it will cause irreversible harm to trans children and life long misery for them all because of politics and power.
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