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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Paramount halting diversity efforts
NewscastStudio: Paramount Global will scrap its diversity, equity and inclusion policies under pressure from Donald Trump, the legal system and federal mandates, according to a memo obtained by CNBC.
I think that it is important that Paramount released a statement emphasizing and recognizing the importance of having equity and diversity values, but its total bs that they are still halting them. Its clearly and obviously because they are money hungry and want to continue getting money from the government which on one hand is understandable. But it's extremely hypocritical that they are trying to have their cake and eat it too. I'm not shocked that disney is halting their diversity efforts and i actually find it kind of surprising that disney really had any diversity efforts to begin with because i've heard they are trump supporters. All of this just really shows how performative these companies have been. Back in 2020 they all made claims that they would be enacting DEIi training and prioritizing artists of the global majority, and now that their money is being threatened they are halting it.
It’s genuinely such a scary world we live in. For companies to just pull a full 180 on something that matter so much, especially since it’s the world of entertainment we’re talking about that is supposed to represent all? We’re surrounded by companies that practically run our nation and has shaped so much of our culture and how we choose to spend our lives. These same companies, who have put so much effort to assuring us that their means are good, are the same ones who didn’t put up a fight towards our current administration. I get that the situation is more complicated than that, but it really sucks to know that people who are supposed to have our back and represent the bigger community don’t. This time in our lives has proved to me that money speaks volumes. Volumes that most other things can’t. Truly a sad world to live in right now.
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I think that it is important that Paramount released a statement emphasizing and recognizing the importance of having equity and diversity values, but its total bs that they are still halting them. Its clearly and obviously because they are money hungry and want to continue getting money from the government which on one hand is understandable. But it's extremely hypocritical that they are trying to have their cake and eat it too. I'm not shocked that disney is halting their diversity efforts and i actually find it kind of surprising that disney really had any diversity efforts to begin with because i've heard they are trump supporters. All of this just really shows how performative these companies have been. Back in 2020 they all made claims that they would be enacting DEIi training and prioritizing artists of the global majority, and now that their money is being threatened they are halting it.
It’s genuinely such a scary world we live in. For companies to just pull a full 180 on something that matter so much, especially since it’s the world of entertainment we’re talking about that is supposed to represent all? We’re surrounded by companies that practically run our nation and has shaped so much of our culture and how we choose to spend our lives. These same companies, who have put so much effort to assuring us that their means are good, are the same ones who didn’t put up a fight towards our current administration. I get that the situation is more complicated than that, but it really sucks to know that people who are supposed to have our back and represent the bigger community don’t. This time in our lives has proved to me that money speaks volumes. Volumes that most other things can’t. Truly a sad world to live in right now.
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