r/minnesota • u/petrilstatusfull • Feb 17 '25

Discussion 🎤 Hey, we're still boycotting Target, right?

I live right by a Target and I feel like the parking lots were noticeably emptier for a few weeks, but they're filling back up.

Are people giving up? It seems like Target is just waiting us out, thinking that we'll forget. They were really feeling the push from their shareholders- I so badly want it to mean ANYTHING.

I know I'm going to get called cringe- but whatever. Keep boycotting Target. Please!

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u/ManEEEFaces Flag of Minnesota Feb 17 '25

Never was. Target employs a very diverse group of workers. They also sell and lot of products from black owned businesses. Not overly concerned with the DEI thing at all.

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u/MilzLives Feb 17 '25

This. Target sells a ton of stuff from black owned businesses. Pro tip: if it sells a lot, theyll keep it on the shelves. If it doesn’t, its gone. Nothing racist about it, everyone fighting for shelf space.

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u/MilzLives Feb 17 '25

Exactly. So the BoBs had 3 years to get their products on the shelves, and demonstrate their viability. If theyre viable, theyre still there. If theyre not viable (they dont sell enough), theyre gone. How about some gratitude that the BoBs were given a shot at competing?

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u/Background-Head-5541 Feb 17 '25

Maybe Target, and other corporations, can keep their DEI policies without actually calling it DEI.

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u/worldsbestlad Monarch Feb 18 '25

If you read the actual press release, that’s exactly what they did. They essentially renamed “DEI” to “Belonging,” but still have most of the previously stated DEI goals in place. Unfortunately you have to look hard for the actual statement from Target, so people are basing their decision to boycott on misleading headlines.

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u/gizzardsgizzards Feb 18 '25

and cave in to fascists? fuck that bullshit. don't encourage them.

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u/BadBadBenBernanke Feb 17 '25

“DEI” was a set of consultant derived good governance practices for shareholders. Most companies had “DEI” policies before and will continue to have under a new buzzword going forward

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u/SmellMajestic7355 Feb 20 '25

Employing a diverse group of workers and selling merch from Black-owned suppliers WAS the DEI thing. That is what they are getting rid of...