Today's Video Headlines: 1/21/25
MSNBC ’s Rev. Al Sharpton called on all Americans to boycott companies eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, claiming they are trying to send Black people to the “back of the bus.”
“Why do we have DEI? We have DEI because you denied us diversity, you denied us equity, you denied us inclusion. DEI was a remedy to the racial institutionalized bigotry practice in academia and in these corporations. Now, if you want to put us back in the back of the bus, we going to do the Dr. King-Rosa Parks on you,” Sharpton said.
Sharpton announced that his organization, the National Action Network, will take part in a months-long study to investigate companies moving away from DEI policies and their profit margins. After the study is completed, they will begin to target two companies for boycott.
Sharpton encouraged his supporters to rally around companies that are maintaining their DEI policies like Costco.
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