▲ 312 ▼ Tractor Supply slashes its DEI and climate goals after a right- wing pressure campaign (www.npr.org) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de to c/news@lemmy.world 51 comments fedilink hide all child comments Didn't take companies long to stop pretending like they care. We are fucked.
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 92 points 2 years ago (3 children) "Anti-DEI" is the first step down the road back to "no coloreds." permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child) There's always room for colored workers at the back of the bus or the front of the chain gang. Segregation has been a tool for dividing and conquering the working class, by shoving a minority of the population down and telling everyone else they're next if they resist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Very true, but what I'm saying it's a chain where it goes from 'diverse employees are bad' to 'white employees in front, black employees in the stockroom' to 'white customers get to use the front door, black customers go to the loading dock' to 'white customers only.' And that is the end goal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] machinin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Tesla already had a place called the plantation where the minority workers were sent to work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago There was an article about that (and a lot more about Tesla) in The Nation. It had my blood boiling. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago it’s a chain There are more than a few spots in my home state of Texas that are functionally "Whites Only" already. Go in there as a poc and you won't get served. You might not even be allowed through the front door. "Kung Fu Saloon" down in Houston (most diverse city in the country!) has had reputation for not letting brown people in for years. The DEI shit is about inflaming the white nationalists who think even their little pockets of outright segregation aren't enough. We're approaching the idea that any place which isn't "whites only" is somehow stealing something from a white person. permalink fedilink source parent [+] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de [S] 3 points 2 years ago Shit, they probably have the sign for sale now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child) There's always room for colored workers at the back of the bus or the front of the chain gang. Segregation has been a tool for dividing and conquering the working class, by shoving a minority of the population down and telling everyone else they're next if they resist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Very true, but what I'm saying it's a chain where it goes from 'diverse employees are bad' to 'white employees in front, black employees in the stockroom' to 'white customers get to use the front door, black customers go to the loading dock' to 'white customers only.' And that is the end goal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] machinin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Tesla already had a place called the plantation where the minority workers were sent to work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago There was an article about that (and a lot more about Tesla) in The Nation. It had my blood boiling. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago it’s a chain There are more than a few spots in my home state of Texas that are functionally "Whites Only" already. Go in there as a poc and you won't get served. You might not even be allowed through the front door. "Kung Fu Saloon" down in Houston (most diverse city in the country!) has had reputation for not letting brown people in for years. The DEI shit is about inflaming the white nationalists who think even their little pockets of outright segregation aren't enough. We're approaching the idea that any place which isn't "whites only" is somehow stealing something from a white person. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Very true, but what I'm saying it's a chain where it goes from 'diverse employees are bad' to 'white employees in front, black employees in the stockroom' to 'white customers get to use the front door, black customers go to the loading dock' to 'white customers only.' And that is the end goal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] machinin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Tesla already had a place called the plantation where the minority workers were sent to work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago There was an article about that (and a lot more about Tesla) in The Nation. It had my blood boiling. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago it’s a chain There are more than a few spots in my home state of Texas that are functionally "Whites Only" already. Go in there as a poc and you won't get served. You might not even be allowed through the front door. "Kung Fu Saloon" down in Houston (most diverse city in the country!) has had reputation for not letting brown people in for years. The DEI shit is about inflaming the white nationalists who think even their little pockets of outright segregation aren't enough. We're approaching the idea that any place which isn't "whites only" is somehow stealing something from a white person. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] machinin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Tesla already had a place called the plantation where the minority workers were sent to work. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago There was an article about that (and a lot more about Tesla) in The Nation. It had my blood boiling. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago There was an article about that (and a lot more about Tesla) in The Nation. It had my blood boiling. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago it’s a chain There are more than a few spots in my home state of Texas that are functionally "Whites Only" already. Go in there as a poc and you won't get served. You might not even be allowed through the front door. "Kung Fu Saloon" down in Houston (most diverse city in the country!) has had reputation for not letting brown people in for years. The DEI shit is about inflaming the white nationalists who think even their little pockets of outright segregation aren't enough. We're approaching the idea that any place which isn't "whites only" is somehow stealing something from a white person. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 5 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de [S] 3 points 2 years ago Shit, they probably have the sign for sale now. permalink fedilink source parent