Summary
Racial justice group leaders called for a national boycott of Target during a rally Thursday in front of the offices of the Minneapolis-based retailer.
Target announced last week that it would end its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and investments. The initiatives include a program it established aimed at helping Black employees build meaningful careers, improving the experience of Black shoppers and promoting Black-owned businesses, following the police killing of George Floyd in 2020.
Good luck getting anyone to do anything other than complain about it right before they walk right in and hand them more money.
I support this, but I’m confused as to why Target in specific. Didn’t basically every major retailer do this?
They are local and we’re more supportive. Not everyone did but a lot did at once. I don’t shop at Walmart and I doubt they will listen. Target is headquartered here and lots of local people work there. Easier to get attention
My guess is because they used to claim to be more queer-friendly than most, and they’re based in Minneapolis and have their name on a ton of stuff around the city.
I’m not surprised with Target, they’ve caved repeatedly over the years. This isn’t new.
DEI initiatives were always about making profits. It was never about doing the right thing.
Just recently though. They used to be support of equity, inclusion and queer rights before it became super popular. I think I read they supported TC Pride for 15 years before this year. So they are exactly Walmart on the Rainbow Washing bandwagon.
I very much want an app where I can track companies and all their parents/child companies that I’m meant to avoid. Walmart was off years ago, Kellogg after the whole hiring outside the unions fiasco, Target and all the other ‘DEI is bad because hail Trump’ shops…
Anyone know an aggregate data source where one could keep track of these things?
If you don’t personally know the person who made it, odds are the corporation who made it has done bad stuff.
You can buy most of the things from target, from Costco
I am planning on using Costco as my Target replacement. We will have to go a few more stores now but should be worth it.
This is not even close to being true, unless you’re speaking very generally. Milk, soda, meat, bread. Target has 5-10 times more options for each item than Costco does.
“most”
And if Costco has them at all, having multiple of them is moving the goalposts.
And ya know what really matters? Costco maintains their dei stance and pays a more fair wage.
So don’t defend a shit company with gotchas
I’m not defending Target and that wasn’t a “gotcha.” I recommend people boycott Target if they can, but to say that “everything” you can buy at Target is available at Costco just isn’t true. You can make your point without hyperbole.
I didn’t say “everything”, I said “most”…don’t misquote me. There’s no edit on that comment so don’t act like I said something I didn’t.
That’s my mistake, and a significant misquote. I’m sorry. That said, just because I disagree with your argument about Costco being an equal alternative, that doesn’t mean I’m defending Target’s DEI rollback, or defending Target as a company. I’m actually writing this from the Costco parking lot, but Costco isn’t accessible for some people because of transportation, mobility, or dietary needs.
Thanks for clarifying the mis quote. I appreciate it.
There’s not a single thing on Earth anyone would ever need that is exclusively sold at Target. I find the “if they can” bit ridiculous.
Most people I know locally (which is admittedly not that many) said they aren’t shopping at Target anymore, so that’s good to see.
Same. My wife had a large discussion at her work about what stores they are moving to. So its happening without an organized effort. But I won’t shop there in Feburary.
I can’t think of a single thing I would buy at Target that I can’t get elsewhere, it was just fairly convenient because they are all over the place, but I can and will stop going there. I just wish Costco wasn’t always so packed.
Same. Costco is always packed and not as convenient to get to and way less fun to shop at.
We have been trying to do smaller, local and independent places as well but you still need the basics from somewhere
We just got a local reuse store. You bring your own bottles and fill them, all household necessities sold by weight. Hand soap, floor cleaner, vinegar, dish soap, etc. they have what you need to clean an entire house and an entire person. They also sell environmentally friendly/reusable brushes and stuff. Dish brushes, toilet brushes, toothbrushes, all with reusable parts and all biodegradable.
I am finding that once I filter out the impulse/season junk that Target is quite adept at convincing me to buy, I can probably get everything I actually need between Costco for staples and a lot of clothing, grocery stores for food, hardware stores for general home needs and basic housewares. Still, it is disappointing that Target has demonstrated that they are kind of shitty.
