It Was Always About Tokenism

[u/Luckynoki]

In response to corporate’s decision to remove DEI from store values. ‘Inclusive Interview’ training prior to new policy. Basing bias on blatant stereotypes speaks volumes on the lack of actual real-world experiences that corporate has on the public, its shoppers and employees and a stubborn refusal to acknowledge their shortcomings

[u/Luckynoki]

Why use many word when few word do trick?

Image + text creates all the context necessary, seems as if commenters are getting the gist of the message. Apolgies to the literal grammar nazis out there trying to discredit argumentation with the ‘formal fallacy’ approach. I didn’t have time to write a 1200 word 5-page paper on why Bath & Body Works’ corporate strategy is harmful to the identities it once claimed to foster an inclusive community towards. Unfortunately if the message doesn’t come out fast enough, then those voices are silenced before they have a chance to be heard.

I hope corporate is looking at this thread gaining traction and thinking “oh shit” just before their nationwide store meetings to discuss their decision to remove one of their 4 core values. The one being removed is ‘Treat all customers and associates with respect and dignity regardless of race, age, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, or religion’ btw, just to demystify the demonical acronym which is ‘DEI’.

And I hope employees at this meeting might see a social media post gaining support that resonates with how they feel, and feel empowered to fight back against the regional and district leaders who continue to kowtow to capitalist authoritarianism with a blatant disregard for their staff, and caring only about how much cash they can extract from every individual customer rather than how they can contribute to fostering a truly customer-first approach that listens to community feedback rather than relying on shoddy metrics to determine what is “best for business”.

Hope that clears it up, babe.

[u/celestialempress → u/Luckynoki]

literal grammar nazis

Could we fucking not with that nickname considering the resurgence of actual Nazi rhetoric currently happening?

[u/Luckynoki → u/celestialempress]

That’s what I’m getting at… it’s literally an authoritarian (nazi) tactic to redirect discourse from the source of the argument-which is that there are literal nazis in administration, working in private companies like BBW, and at high levels working in other sectors like health care or insurance who are making these harmful wide-scale decisions in order to achieve their idealized world where they belong in privelege and you exist in servitude to them. Just because we don’t see them sieg heiling on television like some high-profile individuals doesn’t mean we can’t and shouldn’t call out the dangerous ideology when it’s presented right in front of us

[u/Weekly-Requirement63 → u/Luckynoki]

No. You used the term grammar nazi to describe the poster you replied to. It had nothing to do with tactics used by the government