Civil rights group’s president ‘dismayed’ by Walmart decision to cut DEI
By by Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill – One of the nation’s leading civil rights groups is condemning Walmart’s recent decision to end its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
Marc Morial, CEO and president of the National Urban League, told “CBS Mornings” he is “dismayed by this decision.”
“I think what they did is succumb to a smear campaign, to threats, to bullying and to backmail by a handful of extremists,” Morial said.
He added that he has communicated to Walmart leaders to discuss the changes in an effort to understand the reasoning behind the decision before the National Urban League and other members of the civil rights community take their own steps in response.
Walmart’s changes will include ending funding to the Center for Racial Equity, a nonprofit it launched in 2020 as a five-year initiative. It will no longer use terms “LatinX” and “DEI” in official communications and will remove transgender products from third-party merchants marketed toward children from its online marketplace. Read the full story at TheHill.com