Target CEO Brian Cornell meets with CBC Diversity Task Force

Target CEO Brian Cornell met with Congressional Black Caucus members to discuss diversity policies amid political pressure and consumer boycotts, as Trump’s executive order intensifies scrutiny of DEI programs.

Target CEO Brian Cornell was on Capitol Hill on June 26 to meet with members of Congress.

by Lauren Victoria Burke, BlackPressUSA Newswire contributor

A recent meeting with Target executives included a small group of Congressional Black Caucus members that make up their diversity task force. The members included Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Yvette (D-N.Y.), Rep. Steve Horsford (D-Nev.), and Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.).

Companies have been conflicted about diversity policy because the Trump administration has pushed hard against diversity and inclusion policy. It has targeted corporations and law firms and pressured them to retreat from DEI.

When Cornell departed the meeting with a small staff of four, he answered two questions from Black Press U.S.A.

“It’s always helpful to have meetings like this and get some candid feedback and continue to evolve our thinking. We look forward to follow-up conversations,” Cornell said as he walked down a long hallway in the Cannon House Office Building.

When asked if the issue of the ongoing boycott was discussed, Cornell’s said: “That was not a big area of focus. We’re focused on running a great business each and every day; take care of our teams; take care of the guests who shop with us; and do the right things in our communities.”

On January 20, President Trump issued an executive order entitled ‘Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs’ as an opening shot against all diversity and inclusion related policies.

(Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent investigative journalist and the owner of Black Virginia News. She is a political analyst who appears regularly on #RolandMartinUnfiltered and hosts the show Comms Class on <YouTube @LaurenVictoriaBurke>. She can be contacted at <LBurke007@gmail.com> and on twitter at @LVBurke).

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