Toyota Motor Corp., will refocus DEI programs and halt sponsorship of LGBTQ events, citing “a highly politicized discussion” around corporate commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion.
The Japanese carmaker told employees it will also end participation in notable rankings by LGBTQ advocacy group the Human Rights Campaign and other corporate culture surveys. The company will “narrow our community activities to align with STEM education and workforce readiness,” it said in a memo Thursday to its 50,000 US employees and 1,500 dealers.
The note comes a week after anti-DEI activist Robby Starbuck started a social media campaign against the company, calling for customer boycotts because of its support for LGBTQ events and other initiatives. Toyota said at the time that the LGBTQ programs targeted were led by employee groups, not the company directly.
Customer boycotts you say? An anti-DEI activist calls for a boycott and you acquiesce?
Guess who’s boycotting now.
Toyota were already in my shit list because of their anti electrification lobbying and awful EVs.
This has killed any positive feelings I had left for the company.
Don’t bother. This was just an excuse.
One rando gets online for a week and they decide to fuck over millions.
Fuck Toyota, will never buy one and will tell everyone I know not too.
I really resent the framing of organized bigotry as “activism.”
Oh. I thought attacks meant bombing a dealership. Not whining like a little bitch on the internet. Shitass coward car company.
Well, I know my next vehicle won’t be a Toyota
Oh the company that donated 3x as much as the second biggest donor to the insurrection folks? They’ve been on my ‘never buy’ list ever since.
Realistically you’d only have to buy one anyway, then drive it for 500k miles.
Can confirm. They’re dependable. According to the Goods Unite Us app, 55% of their political donations are to Republicans.
Some others according to the app:
GMC: 54% R
Ford: 51% R
Tesla: 51% D
Hyundai: 75% D
Nissan: 83% D
Dodge: 86% D
Jeep: 86% D
Honda: 90% DEdit: I wonder how much of that is influencing primaries. Like, is Musk pumping money into getting the most moderate option in a blue area?
They also lobbied against emissions standards in Australia and have been dragging their feet on EVs for years.
Fuck you Toyota. The highly politicized discussion is exactly why those groups are needed.
The fact that this “Robby Starbuck” shitbag has any type of power over anything is fucking disgusting.
He’s a cat’s paw for conservative activists. Specifically, he’s close friends with Bill Ackman, a hedge fund manager with too much free time and a chip on his shoulder, who has made “anti-DEI” a focus of his investment strategy.
Robby whines about DEI, Ackman starts moving money to put downward pressure on the stock, people get scared, and Ackman looks like an investment guru for effectively manipulating the price of securities.
