McDonald’s Pulls Back on DEI Efforts Due to ‘Shifting Legal Landscape’

McDonald’s is scaling back its controversial diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, joining a growing list of corporations abandoning woke policies amid public backlash and legal challenges.

The company announced Monday that it would eliminate several DEI initiatives, citing the Supreme Court’s recent affirmative action ruling and a shifting corporate landscape.

In a letter to employees, McDonald’s executives outlined the changes, including:

• Eliminating “aspirational representation goals” for hiring and promotions.

• Pulling out of third-party DEI surveys, including the far-left Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index.

• Ending its supply chain DEI pledge, replacing it with discussions on “business performance.”

These moves come after companies like Tractor Supply and Toyota also retreated from DEI initiatives under public pressure. Corporate America is waking up Americans are tired of woke ideology being forced into every aspect of life.

McDonald’s cited the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which struck down affirmative action policies in college admissions. The ruling set a precedent that has corporations scrambling to rethink their race-based hiring and promotion policies before they face legal consequences.

McDonald’s executives admitted that the company was re-evaluating its approach in response to this “shifting legal landscape.”

“We benchmarked our approach to other companies who are also re-evaluating their own programs.”

In other words, they see the writing on the wall and they’re not alone.

Conservative activist Robby Starbuck, who has led efforts to expose corporate DEI extremism, celebrated the news.

“Companies can see that America wants sanity back. The era of wokeness is dying right in front of our eyes.”

The shift away from DEI marks a major victory for conservatives who have fought against the divisive and discriminatory policies pushed by corporate elites.

As companies like McDonald’s retreat from leftist social engineering, one thing is clear: the tide is turning, and corporate America is being forced back to reality.

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