Walmart Scales Back DEI Policies Amid Activist Pressure
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Walmart is revising its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, including removing certain products and reviewing grants, amid pressure from anti-woke activist Robby Starbuck. The company clarified these changes were planned prior to Starbuck's campaign. Walmart will discontinue its Racial Equity Center and shift focus to "belonging" in communications, while continuing to support Pride events. It also joins other companies in withdrawing from the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.
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