Walmart executives scuttled the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion programs recently, becoming the latest corporate giant to drop extreme politics after public outcry.
Others on the Fortune 500 list, such as Coors and Boeing, have also rescinded DEI operations in recent months after criticism from activists such as conservative documentarian Robby Starbuck.
Employees and customers should cheer the retreat from racial discrimination caused by DEI—such as hiring and promotion policies based on race—but how are the other 497 companies on the Fortune list faring?
Not well.
A review of the Fortune 500 list finds that 486 businesses still have a statement, report, or other advocacy material on DEI or its ideological-cause twin, ESG (“environmental, social, and governance”). Despite Walmart’s announcement released before Thanksgiving, the company still…
