It’s not Disney. But it’s just down the road.
Over the last several months, corporate America has reversed several years of putting DEI at the core of business plans, thanks in large part to grassroots activism led by Robby Starbuck. After Donald Trump’s clear victory in November, that began to accelerate, even before Trump’s EO put an end to all DEI initiatives in federal government and contracting. After Trump took office, the financial sector and Big Tech began falling in line, too.
And now liberation from discrimination has found its way to Hollywood. Paramount Global, one of the remaining major entertainment conglomerates after a generation of consolidation, renounced DEI yesterday:
Paramount Global told its employees this week that it’s ending numerous diversity, equity and inclusion policies, according to a memo obtained by CNBC.
In the memo sent to…
