Auto industry giant Toyota is making plans to ditch diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and pro-LGBTQ events after being involved in online controversy, a report from the New York Post says. The Post cites Bloomberg‘s latest piece revealing that the company blasted out a memo to employees working in the United States on Thursday, pledging to “narrow community activities to align with STEM education and workforce readiness,” and would from that point forward no longer participate in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index.
The week prior to the memo going out, an anti-woke activist and filmmaker, Robby Starbuck, provided details concerning several “woke” initiatives within Toyota Motor Corp. Some of these include sending cash to groups that are against banning gender transition treatments for minors, forming Employee Resource Groups that are divided along gender and racial lines, and the sponsoring of a drag queen program at a summer camp aimed at children. Starbuck was pleased by the action taken by Toyota in their memo from Thursday, going on to share more of the memo’s contents.
“In the message to employees, Toyota reportedly said while it will continue to ‘encourage an inclusive environment where diversity of thought can flourish,’