Posted on 05/31/2023 9:24:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Some conservatives have suggested a boycott of Chick-fil-A after the fast-food chain was discovered to have a vice president of “diversity, equity, [and] inclusion,” or DEI.
In a previously issued Chick-fil-A news release, the company said that Erick McReynolds serves as its vice president of DEI, saying: “Chick-fil-A restaurants have long been recognized as a place where people know they will be treated well. Modeling care for others starts in the restaurant, and we are committed to ensuring mutual respect, understanding, and dignity everywhere we do business.”
DEI is a set of principles that large corporations, government agencies, and schools have increasingly incorporated into their work environments, often mandating employees receive such training. However, these principles are rooted in Marxism, according to prominent critics including Christopher Rufo and James Lindsay, that are essentially vehicles for “left-wing racialist ideology and partisan political activism.”
“They are designed to replace the system of academic merit with a system of race-based preferences and discrimination—which, in many cases, explicitly violates federal civil rights law,” wrote Rufo for his Substack page earlier this year.
The Chick-fil-A announcement was highlighted this week by several prominent conservative accounts. According to McReynolds’s LinkedIn page, he was hired as Chick-fil-A’s vice president for “Diversity, Equity [and] Inclusion” in late 2021.
“We have a problem,” wrote Joey Mannarino, a conservative host in highlighting Chick-fil-A’s prior announcement, on Twitter Tuesday morning. “Chick-Fil-A just hired a VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This is bad. Very bad. I don’t want to have to boycott. Are we going to have to boycott?”
He also wrote: “The Left is going crazy again over the Chick-fil-A boycott that conservatives are considering. They’re mad because we’ve FINALLY gotten effective at boycotts. Any company that is pushing the trans stuff on our kids or the DEI stuff, we are going to pick the worst offenders.”
“So Chick-fil-A has a diversity, equity and inclusion division,” added columnist Todd Starnes on Tuesday. “Well, that explains the fried cauliflower sandwiches and kale salad.”
By Tuesday afternoon, Lindsay wrote on Twitter that he agreed with the boycott calls and made demands. “We must demand that Chick-fil-A fire their entire ESG and Sustainability staff and partners (including DEI), referring to the left-wing environmental, social, and governance framework.
“Ideally we get them to confess how they got caught up in the racket, and then we return support,” he added. “Conservatives might actually be able to pull this one off.”
The chicken-based fast-food chain has been generally well respected among conservatives due to the company’s religious values and its prior support for religious groups. In the McReynolds DEI announcement, Chick-fil-A makes reference to its corporate purpose, which is “to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us” and “to have a positive influence on all who come into contact with Chick-fil-A.”
The Epoch Times has contacted Chick-fil-A for comment.
In recent weeks, a number of companies have faced backlash for embracing what critics say are left-wing values or a pro-LGBT agenda. Since early April, Bud Light has seen a significant backlash after it produced a beer can with transgender activist and influencer Dylan Mulvaney’s face and as Mulvaney suggested a partnership with the brand.
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Spot on. Bongino covered this in his podcast yesterday...had actual audio of some lgbt group leader talking about how they were given access to the Davos group and major investors, encouraged by biden, and were making changes for their cause from the inside, etc.
CFA has also surrendered to using high amounts of MSG. It makes be sick, literally. Nasty stuff. Stopped going there.
ALL corporate ‘DIE officers’ should be FIRED nationwide today. The entire concept should be sh*tcanned.
Here is the hub of a lot of this BS
https://www.hrc.org/resources/corporate-equality-index
Need some investment capital?
Better toe the line of this org. or the investment banks will say, “Buh-bye”
BETTER than Chick-fil-et
Walmart has some very good frozen chicken patties. All breast meat. Fry low and slow, slow, in just a little bit of oil to make the patties nice and brown and crispy. Maybe 15 minutes
Then eat in a hamburger bun or between toasted bread with some pickles and whatever else you like. BETTER than Chick-fil-et
The original owner was a strong Christian who ran his business in line with Christian values. The offspring running the business now are merely business minded, who will adopt woke policies to fit in with the globalist leaders demands.
Indeed. Mega Dittoes to your post.
I was part of the massive display of solidarity with CFL back when the left demanded a boycott over a personal opinion of the aged founder of the company who is now deceased.
I liked the food and the atmosphere, so I continued going.
There is one 2 miles from my home here in MA, and I won’t go there anymore.
It takes years to build a strong business-——
It takes HOURS to tear it down.
Emu and chicken meat sales falter.
Those MINIMUM wages are hitting every single customer.
Living in a world full of Nike shoes-—WHAT did they think shoe polishing brushes were for???
“I personally can’t understand the chikfilet mistique....its not that good....”
ditto ... we tried chikfilet a couple of times many years ago, and thought the sandwiches were awful: dried-out tasteless chicken breast on plain white grocery-store bun ... yuk ... only decent thing was the cole slaw and they got rid of that quite a while ago, replacing it with a bunch of foo-foo salads with dried-out chicken chunks on top ...
the shoe shining bit is nuff to make ya puke...
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