National Action Network, Louisville Kentucky State Chapter

01/28/2025

01/26/2025

“Rev. Al Sharpton on Monday announced a boycott of companies eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, saying the effort will be in the spirit of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
Speaking from the Metropolitan AME Church, Sharpton said his organization, the National Action Network, is calling upon all Americans, regardless of their race or gender, to boycott companies that will no longer support . “Why do we have DEI? We have DEI because you denied us diversity, you denied us equity, you denied us inclusion. DEI was a remedy to the racial institutionalized bigotry practice in academia and in these corporations. Now, if you want to put us back in the back of the bus, we gonna do the Dr. King-Rosa Parks on you,” Sharpton said as those gathered cheered.
“You must have forgot who we are,” Sharpton added. “We are the ones that you took everything and we still here.”
According to Sharpton, a council will engage in a 90-day study of what companies have given up on DEI and what their margins of profit are. After that, two companies will specifically be targeted in the boycott.
Meanwhile, Sharpton added, he’ll be supporting companies that have doubled down on DEI, like Costco. Sharpton’s announcement was part of a larger ceremony at the church honoring the slain civil rights leader on the same day President Trump was sworn into office. The church – where abolitionist Frederick Douglass’s funeral was held and Rosa Parks’s casket was brought – was packed with supporters. Trump intends to end DEI practices in the federal government through an executive order on his first day office, incoming White House officials said…”- full story https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/5095793-al-sharpton-boycott-dei/