People are calling Sam's Club CEO 'racist' after she gave an interview about diversity. She doesn't like white men.

shorty1988m · 2015-12-14T20:33:01+00:00

"Just today we met with a supplier and the entire other side of the table was all Black females. That was interesting," Brewer said. "I decided not to talk about it directly with [the supplier's] folks in the room because there were actually no males, like, levels down. So I’m going to place a call to him."

Just changing white to black and male to female and it becomes racist?? I can just imagine that phone call if it was the other way round. 'hey supplier, Thanks for our goods but just a quick comment. I noticed your staff was full of blacks. We will have to review using you in the future until you hire more whites. Thanks. Bye'. Yeh, doesn't work does it.

McFeely_Smackup · 2015-12-14T23:29:47+00:00

when your primary hiring decisions are based on diversity, not qualifications, you're starting the slow spiral down the toilet.

wiseprogressivethink · 2015-12-15T00:13:23+00:00

"Advocating for more diversity" always means "discriminating against white men." Always.

MenandBoysareGood · 2015-12-14T21:11:06+00:00

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin (or type of genitals), but by the content of their character.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Leinadro · 2015-12-14T20:53:29+00:00

See this is what happens when socia justice goes too far.

Have we really gotten to the point where its safe to assume that a having a group from a supplier be all white guys means there is sexism/racism afoot?

I wouldnt say she is racist (despite the fact that if reversed a white guy would be called racist) but rather she is wrong to feel a need to call the supplier to fo over this.

Sounds like she wants to pat herself on the back for a "call out".

But thus does answer one question though. The goal isnt equal opportunity, its equal results. That is the only way you can go from seeing an all white male group to making conclusions about a company's overall staff.

VoiceofLuke · 2015-12-14T23:20:55+00:00

Glad I quit shopping there. I'm making a point to shop at Amazon instead of Walmart too.

ThePigmanAgain · 2015-12-15T02:11:59+00:00

Does anyone know where I can direct a message to ask for her removal? Or do I have to stand in the middle of traffic and fuck up everyone else's day?

DillipFayKick · 2015-12-14T22:15:56+00:00

We haven't grown as a society. We just changed who it's okay to be hateful towards. We're not more tolerant. We're less tolerant. We think we've made progress, but that's a lie.

TacoNinjaSkills · 2015-12-14T22:38:41+00:00

Yup, when in doubt replace "white" or "male" with "jews". How does it sound now?

"Just today we met with a supplier and the entire other side of the table was all Caucasian males. That was interesting," Brewer said. "I decided not to talk about it directly with [the supplier's] folks in the room because there were actually no female, like, levels down. So I’m going to place a call to him."

Now read it as:

"Just today we met with a supplier and the entire other side of the table were all jews. That was interesting," Brewer said. "I decided not to talk about it directly with [the supplier's] folks in the room because there were actually no gentiles, like, levels down. So I’m going to place a call to him."

BlueCollarAristocrat · 2015-12-14T21:24:51+00:00

Send them a comment on their contact form to tell them why you will no longer buy from them. These people only understand lawsuits and voting with our wallets.

fullhalf · 2015-12-15T01:51:55+00:00

her flat out discrimination against men in general is fine but against white men, now it's a race issue. i mean that society acts like it's ok to discriminate against men. also i don't like her policy of putting diversity above all else in hiring schemes. isn't she trying to run a corporation and want the best workers?

ThePigmanAgain · 2015-12-15T02:00:53+00:00

Oh, look, according to their Facebook page, her boss thinks it's all good...

"Statement from Doug McMillon, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

"For years, we've asked our suppliers to prioritize the talent and diversity of their sales teams calling on our company. Roz was simply trying to reiterate that we believe diverse and inclusive teams make for a stronger business. That's all there is to it and I support that important ideal." - Doug McMillon, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc."

Eat shit, Doug. We already knew Wal-Mart was evil, now we also know it is racist and sexist towards men.

blueoak9 · 2015-12-15T02:24:50+00:00

Well that's biting the hand that feeds her, isn't it?

Rockbottom503 · 2015-12-15T10:42:53+00:00

This is getting more and more ridiculous! No other gender/race/religion would be expected to tolerate openly racist comments and attitudes like this - no Caucasian white male would expect the support of his employer in making comments like this!! I sincerely hope you are all true to your word in not spending there. If she showed up and it had been an entire panel of black females this wouldn't garner a second thought! Talent is what should count, not gender or colour - diversity in the workplace isn't something to work toward, it's what happens naturally when people from diverse backgrounds choose to work their asses off to get to where they wanna be!

ThePigmanAgain · 2015-12-14T22:35:12+00:00

Fuck this racist, misandristic piece of shit. There's a reason these things are white male dominated -- most of the people working hard at attaining these positions are white males. A black woman like her, on the other hand, is more likely to have gotten her position through affirmative action. Bitch needs to lose her job.

I_TRY_TO_BE_POSITIVE · 2015-12-15T01:41:03+00:00

What part of "They were all white men so I don't want to work with them" is lost on the public?

I guess they got the job for being white men. Must be it.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2015-12-15T04:20:36+00:00

It does seem like an overreaction.

The problem is that diversity is valuable, but not the kind of diversity they're promoting. It is diversity of relevant talent and experience that is valuable, not what racial or gender demographics one falls in.

cymrich · 2015-12-15T01:26:52+00:00

sounds more like her issue was the lack of women, not the race... so she's a sexist bigot more than racist.

overtmind · 2015-12-15T07:17:49+00:00

I'd also like to point out that this article is otherwise nonexistent on reddit.

Poppyisopaf · 2015-12-15T04:18:29+00:00

It is racist.

095179005 · 2015-12-15T10:40:50+00:00

B-b-but, you can't be racist to white people!!

Racism = (prejudice + power)^{^TM} !!

/s

FFXIV_Machinist · 2015-12-15T15:43:23+00:00

simple math:

America is roughly

68% White
13% African Americans
14% Latino
3% Asian
2% other

now your common Idiot would look at this and say, well

out of every 100 people - you should have 68 whites, 13 blacks, 14 latino and 5 other ethnicity

Given a selection of 100 people people distributed evenly based on their racial density

Race	#	%of Higher education	# of educated peoples	%Male	# Male	%female	#Female	# uneducated M&F
White	68	38%	26	56%	15	44%	10	42
African American	13	15%	2	25%	0-1	75%	1-2	11
Latino	14	11%	0-1	48%	0-1	52%	0-1	13
Asian	3	49%	1-2	68%	1-2	32%	0-1	1
Other	2	10%	0-1	50%	0-1	50%	0-1	1

so you see that essentially there are roughly fifteen times as many educated white males, than there are black males, and roughly five to ten times as many educated white females than there are black females. Whites also own four times as many uneducated male/females.

This is why you see extremely sparse black to white employment ratios- we outnumber them almost 6 to 1 in sheer population, and nearly 15 times over in higher education- you could quite litterally say that for every 30 white applicants, you would have 2 black applicants.

I'm all for diversity- but not for diversity's sake. hiring a black applicant because they are black, is just as bad as hiring a white applicant because they are white. trying to enforce racial quotas is a foolish notion. almost as foolish as pushing gender quotas in areas with less than 10% of applicants being female (Cough the entire tech sector cough)

PeregrineFury · 2015-12-15T04:05:15+00:00

But you can't be racist against white people

/s

soulstonedomg · 2015-12-15T16:13:21+00:00

White male, I will never become a member of that store.

rebar71 · 2015-12-15T18:11:32+00:00

she's black. she can't be racist.

Archibald_Andino · 2015-12-15T22:49:37+00:00

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OmegaParticle · 2015-12-21T19:38:13+00:00

This shit actually makes me pro-global warming. I'd rather every living thing on Earth die than for humanity to continue along this path.

AttachmentIssues · 2015-12-15T06:33:54+00:00

It really chaps my ass that they should be obligated to put women into these rolls. Maybe all the women at their company were absolute shit. Maybe they're uneducated, unmotivated, lazy and generally not worth being in a decision making role?. Then the problem falls on HR and Managers for hiring shit women probably because they have nice tits. Rather than quality women that both have nice tits and are good at their job.

porkmaster · 2015-12-15T06:50:11+00:00

of course! it's obvious! racial and gender quotas make things better, not the actual skills of the people! just the color of their skin and their dangly bits.

Nion_zaNari · 2015-12-15T01:25:33+00:00

My opinion of this depends heavily on one important detail that the quote doesn't provide: What was she going to call the supplier to say?

There's a huge difference between "Fuck you and all your white males, we're not going to do business with you any more" and "You might want to look into getting a more diverse team, it's making you look really bad."

zap283 · 2015-12-14T23:45:42+00:00

..what exactly is the problem here? She didn't say anything about discriminating, she said that she had a meting and the team she met with wasn't a very diverse group, in terms of ethnicity and gender. Nobody's doing anything that affects men here, it's a simple observation.

osirusr · 2015-12-15T00:17:44+00:00

There are real injustices to get upset about. This, however, is a manufactured pseudo-controversy and a waste of everyone's time. People are so quick to misquote someone and assume negative intent: it's the same kneejerk PC bullshit that this sub is supposed to be against. Get over it, whiners. She said she wants a diverse workforce. Who the fuck cares?

Pro tip: If it comes from Fox News, it's probably bullshit. That being said, fuck Wal-Mart for a variety of other reasons. If this is the reason you boycott Sam's Club, however, then you're probably an idiot.

AtheistConservative · 2015-12-15T00:21:04+00:00

The irony in all of this is that if she hadn't mentioned men, I think a solid majority of this sub wouldn't have a problem at all.

Electroverted · 2015-12-15T15:27:15+00:00

Then she should probably stop working for Walmart

crazy_clown_cart · 2015-12-15T03:50:14+00:00

Having trouble agreeing with the sub's hivemind on this one. I don't think it's wrong or inconsistent for her to say this, whether you flip the races or not. If she's looking for diversity, it doesn't matter if the executives are all white, black, Jews, etc. Maybe she would have had a complaint in any of these scenarios. She just happened to pick a white male executive board because that's what her audience would understand.

Title	People are calling Sam's Club CEO 'racist' after she gave an interview about diversity. She doesn't like white men.
Author	ShariaPantyParty
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Date	December 14, 2015 8:03 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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