Walmart is halting its Racial Equity Center initiative and removing the term 'Latinx' from corporate messaging, signaling a broader trend among major companies to move away from DEI.
Research from Rutgers University found that DEI initiatives elevate racial hostility rather than reduce it, leading subjects to display increased prejudice and punitive attitudes towards others.
The New York Times and Bloomberg initially expressed interest in reporting Rutgers' findings on DEI but ultimately pulled the stories due to editorial decisions.
The Harvard Business Review had already pointed out in 2016 that the positive outcomes of diversity training are often short-lived and can provoke backlash.
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