Summary
Costco’s board rejected a shareholder proposal to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, arguing they foster respect, innovation, and cultural alignment with customers and employees.
Shareholders claimed DEI could lead to lawsuits citing “illegal discrimination” against white, Asian, male, or straight employees, referencing legal cases like Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.
Costco countered that its DEI efforts comply with the law and enhance its culture, rejecting claims of legal risk.
The proposal will be voted on at Costco’s January 23 shareholder meeting.
So this has nothing to do with the race/gender/minority checkboxes on job applications that automatically get you an interview? That’s the sort of shit I disagree with.
Yes I really think men are more naturally inclined to do executive type roles. Men and women aren’t the same.
And yes I think that people are hired on their ability to do the job first and foremost. The thing is that white people are more advantaged in society when it comes to acquiring said skills to do said jobs but that’s an entirely different problem.
No that’s not DEI. You have no clue what it is yet you so vehemently oppose it. Again, it is not about applications and interviews. It is not a hiring quota. It is not affirmative action. It’s educating people on discrimination. It is not any sort of hiring mandate. It’s just learning, something conservatives find too vile to participate in these days because they might accidentally learn they have a wrong opinion or maybe the world doesn’t work how they think it does.
Your views on sex and gender are incredibly problematic. Having a dick doesn’t inherently make you a better leader. Having white skin does not either. This is an opinion rooted in bigotry. You are being racist/sexist. And that’s ok so long as you learn and grow and choose to become better than that. Many of us were bigots at one point - hell we all still are to some degree, it’s hard to truly be 100% not bigoted. Honestly it’s impossible! But it’s about growth. It’s about doing what we can to limit our contribution to the problem.
I think that white people have better opportunities to get educated etc. Not that they are inherently better. Being born into a poor family is obviously going to present you with less opportunities. That’s a whole different problem unrelated to hiring practices though.
Yeah men do make better leaders as we have seen all throughout human history. Queens were far more likely to wage war than kings, one example. Men and women are more different than they are the same. Not superior/inferior; just different.
just a reminder that this all started as your hatred for DEI which you did not understand. Do you still oppose it?
I guess I am opposed to Affirmative Action?
I’m just gonna be blunt, I don’t think you understand the topic of workplace discrimination. If you can’t even parse DEI and demographically-driven hiring quotas it’s hard to take your broader opinions on discrimination in the workplace seriously. That’s like arguing about computers and thinking a hard drive and ram serve the same function because they both involve “memory.” You fundamentally misunderstand these systems.
Maybe true. I’ll do more research going forward.
Full disagree with you that I’m bigoted though. You mentioned women in executive positions. Women aren’t in executive positions because they don’t want to be, not the other way around.
My friend you need to do a LOT of research. You’re repeating ancient Fox News myths.
I think that jobs held by women should be paid as much as jobs held by men though.
There are no women fixing power lines despite nothing stopping them from doing so. Why? I can name a lot of example jobs like this. Executive roles are one of them.
I’m not American so I’m unfamiliar with fox news talking points.
I don’t really know how this jives with what you just wrote.
Edit; you added a new section that honesty is just you trying to have your cake and eat it too
Top 20 jobs held by men and women are the same list today as it was 100 years ago prior to feminism. Men tend to do certain jobs and women tend to do other jobs. This has rang true all throughout human history. It’s nothing to do with prejudice against women.