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From Breitbart: Jeff Bezos’s Amazon is the latest mega company to claim it is scaling back some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives after such programs began garnering backlash for being ineffective and “woke.”
In a December memo to employees obtained by Bloomberg, Amazon senior human resources executive Candi Castleberry said the company was “winding down outdated programs and materials,” and that the consolidation and end of certain programs was on track to be completed by the end of that month.
Castleberry’s previous title, vice president of global DEI, was changed in 2023 to vice president of Inclusive eXperiences and Technology, the outlet noted.
“Rather than have individual groups build programs, we are focusing on programs with proven outcomes — and we also aim to foster a more truly inclusive culture,” the HR executive added.
The report notes that Amazon also recently “scrubbed” webpages titled “Equity for Black people” and “LGBTQ+ rights” from its “Our Positions” section on its website.
In another major move last month, Amazon pledged to donate $1 million toward President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund.
Conservative filmmaker Robby Starbuck, who has been going after multiple corporations and exposing their woke DEI policies, cheered the news in a social media post. He wrote:
BIG News: On Dec. 4th I notified Amazon that they’d be an upcoming focus for us in 2025 as part of our project to expose woke companies.
Today they’re announcing a halt to some DEI policies and they’ve removed language about DEI goals and transgenderism from their site.
Amazon has NOT however listed what those changes are going to be and they have NOT communicated those changes to me.
If they do not specifically state what these changes are, I’ll proceed with our report later this month exposing their woke policies, practices and failures because the public deserves to know if these policies still reflect Amazon’s views. If they don’t, then Amazon should say so.
For clarity, I’ve only shown part of my correspondence below to verify what I’m saying.
BIG News: On Dec. 4th I notified Amazon that they’d be an upcoming focus for us in 2025 as part of our project to expose woke companies.
Today they’re announcing a halt to some DEI policies and they’ve removed language about DEI goals and transgenderism from their site.
Amazon… pic.twitter.com/tINUQlvElE
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 10, 2025
Amazon is halting some of its diversity and inclusion programs, a move that coincides with activist pressure on US companies to abandon efforts to build a more diverse workforce https://t.co/dbkUKajC7i
— Bloomberg Equality (@BBGEquality) January 10, 2025
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