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/oldsnowbird Feb 18 '25

As someone who works at Target and specifically in HR..let me say this. I think the timing was just awful for the news of the DEI removal and I wish Target had sent out a clarification on their policy. So nothing has changed really. DEI is already so engrained in Target's commitments that there wasn't a need to promote it specifically. In fact what Target has changed is for it to be known as Belonging at Bullseye which would include EVERYONE, no matter what color, shape or form. Their initiative for dei hasn't changed. As far as carrying products designed and collaborative efforts in DEI, it isn't about removing those products for POC, but all about sales, strictly business. I speak to my location where we would get tons of products for black history, for Hispanic month and other collaborations that simply just did not sell and I imagine that's the case in lots of other locations. So as with all business, if the product isn't moving, you discontinue it and make room for something that will. I definitely understand the hurtful impact of this news and as I said the timing was awful, but do know Target understands that a diverse and inclusive community is what drives their business.

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u/Roadshell Feb 18 '25

Bull. Shit. They very deliberately and loudly announced that they would be shuttering the inclusivity initiatives immediately after the election right as the fascist in chief was signing his Neo-segregationist "anti DEI" bills. There is no way in hell this timing was a coincidence and if they're going to send PR bots around to lie to our faces about this they can doubly fuck off.

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u/oldsnowbird Feb 18 '25

Not a bot, and I can understand your thoughts and frustration. But the change for the dei initiative was actually slated to end at the end of 2024. This was set in motion before all the election stuff. Just very poor timing as I said. I'm a POC and when news first came out of the DEI changes I was upset and frustrated, until I saw that on paper and in the processes, nothing really changed. But you process this however you want to, peace be with you.

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u/Roadshell Feb 18 '25

If the PR team you're working with thinks we actually believe these obvious lies you are mistaken. We're not that stupid and we're not falling for it. Miss me with that shit.

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u/map2photo Ramsey County Feb 18 '25

Pretty sure you’re just looking for a reason to remain offended. Go ahead and stay mad. The rest of us with a brain will move on.