Posted on 02/14/2025 6:55:05 PM PST by Libloather
Two daughters of the man who helped build Target into a national retail powerhouse criticized the company’s decision to do away with its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies in the wake of the election of President Donald Trump.
Anne and Lucy Dayton, whose father Bruce Dayton and his four brothers expanded their family-owned Minneapolis-based department store and turned it into what is today known as Target, penned a letter to the editor of both the Los Angeles Times and Financial Times on Thursday decrying the change.
“As members of the Dayton family, we are shocked and dismayed by Target’s rollback of its Racial Equity Action and Change and Supplier Diversity programs,” the Dayton daughters wrote.
The Daytons, who have zero influence in how the company is run, wrote that their father and uncles “transformed a family department store into the national retailer it is today” with work that was “based on a clear set of principles.”
“They were excellence, a ‘customer is always right’ mantra and a commitment to the well-being of their community,” they wrote.
The two sisters wrote that they were “alarmed how quickly the business community has given in to the current administration’s retaliatory threats.”
“It is not ‘illegal’ for a company to create a business model based on what it believes to be important ethical and business standards,” they wrote.
Accusing the company of “cowering,” the Daytons wrote that Target was “undermining the very principles that have made their companies a success.”
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I quit shopping at Target when men were allowed to go into the women’s restroom.
They should just ST#U.
Spoiled little brats.
They move into the projects yet as a show of unity?
me either. Once was a pretty good place to shop.
I hadn't been in a Target in probably ten years, then a few months ago I tagged along reluctantly and what I noticed first about those pictures was that they somehow managed to find people even fuglier than myself to be models.
And...?
Go in and pee in the sink
Count me among those who think that some of the companies announcing the end of their DIE divisions are just blowing smoke. I expect the DIE people are being re-assigned to jobs under the HR umbrella and their job descriptions altered. Those re-assigned folks will still make decisions based on their belief that race and sexual preference are far more important than competence.
It is going to take more than a press release to root out the DIE-hards. Job seekers who are well qualified for a position but have been passed over in favor of DIE-hire need to involve the law and sue ... sue ... sue. I am sure that there are lawyers that specialize in just such action. And if a plaintiff cannot afford legal action maybe there needs to be something like a ‘GoFundMe’ for that purpose.
Maybe the sons of the Target co-founder are a little relieved that their Y chromosome is not as likely to prevent them from getting a job or a raise or a promotion.
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