• Disney shareholders rejected anti-DEI proposal on Thursday.
  • A conservative think tank proposed that Disney stop participating in the Corporate Equality Index.
  • Shareholders for Apple and Costco previously rejected similar proposals.
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    7 hours ago

    How does that follow? Do you think most of the world is pro-DEI?

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      6 hours ago

      anti-DEI is pretty much code for “only white straight cisgendered males welcome”. Whatever criticisms may make sense against select DEI initiatives, the anti-DEI move by the government basically involved erasing all acknowledgement of any minority or woman ever being honored for accomplishments, no matter how obviously well earned the honor was.

      On a global perspective, the American flavor of “anti-DEI” panders to a relatively small group of folks at the expense of offending the vast majority of the world’s population.

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        4 hours ago

        Ok, but how does this like vibe with a country like China, which demands that Disney and other western media companies censor LGBT things all the time?

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        5 hours ago

        What does DEI mean in respect to Disney, does it just mean changing existing characters to their non-white equivalent?

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      Disney princesses are DEI. Why should they distance themselves from their most recognizable/successful marketing tactics?