The world’s largest fast-food chain, McDonald’s, is making changes to its policies relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The move comes after the company was contacted by a conservative commentator informing it that an extensive investigation into its controversial practices would soon be launched.
The commentator, Robby Starbuck, has already made a name for himself over the past year by exposing major corporations for practices aimed at furthering questionable initiatives and policies. Starbuck is responsible for the recent decisions from Walmart, John Deere, Harley Davidson, and Nissan to drop many of their DEI-related schemes.
Per McDonald’s corporate leadership, the changes will include ending the company’s diversity goals for how many of each race they hire, removing itself from the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index scoring system, halting the DEI pledge for their supply chain, and changing its diversity team to an “inclusion team.”
“Our campaigns are so effective that we’re getting the biggest companies on earth to change their policies without me even posting a story exposing their woke policies first,” said Starbuck after McDonald’s announced the changes. “Companies can see that America wants sanity back. The era of wokeness is dying right in front of our eyes.”
“The landscape of corporate America is quickly shifting to sanity and neutrality. We are the trend, not the anomaly anymore. We’re winning and one by one we WILL bring sanity back to corporate America.”
McDonald’s Chairman and CEO Chris Kempczinski has previously defended DEI-related policies.
“As a world-leading brand that considers inclusion one of our core values, we will accept nothing less than real, measurable progress in our efforts to lead with empathy, treat people with dignity and respect, and seek out diverse points of view to drive better decision-making.”
Despite the changes being made, McDonald’s said it “remains steadfast” in its commitment to inclusion.
Austen Shipley is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @ShipleyAusten
