• tacosanonymous@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    wtf are they boycotting? The company is moving towards inclusion while the founder who has had “no hand in the business for eight years” says ignorant shit.

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      11 months ago

      “Wilson founded Lululemon in 1998 and stepped down as CEO in 2013, but still owns the majority of the company’s shares, which are valued at $4 billion, according to Forbes.”

      They are boycotting the man that owns the majority of shares.

  • Rodeo
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    11 months ago

    What the hell is a DEI expert? I didn’t see the acronym spelled out in the article.

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      11 months ago

      Idk what all it entails, but it stands for: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion. It’s supposedly a globalist elite push that is put on companies, who are supposed to bend the knee & support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion over profits & product.

      Companies are ranked by D.E.I. score, their compliance.

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      11 months ago

      While it’s not explicity defined in the article, the first sentence to mention “DEI experts” also mentions the spelled-out version.

      DEI experts like Tiffany Brandreth said Martin had the right idea: Black consumers concerned about Wilson’s latest dismissal of diversity, equity and inclusion should consider boycotting the retailer.

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      11 months ago

      DEI = Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

      Basically a human resources expert with a focus on employee happiness or a person who writes about or develops human resource policies in our evolving social environment.