GameStop, DEI and Wokeness

GameStop is selling its Canadian and French operations: ‘Wokeness and DEI included at no additional cost’
GameStop is selling its operations in Canada and France. CEO Ryan Cohen, in a tweet, indicated the decision was politically motivated more than financially, citing “High taxes, Liberalism, Socialism,
GameStop CEO takes swipe at 'wokeness, DEI' in selling French, Canadian operations
The chief executive officer of GameStop took a swipe at diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as the video game retailer seeks to sell its French and Canadian operations. Ryan Cohen, GameStop CEO, posted the remarks on X.
Video game retailer looks to sell operations as CEO blames ‘wokeness’ for decline
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen took to social media earlier this week to blame “wokeness and DEI” for his company’s decline.
GameStop CEO decries ‘wokeness and DEI’ as company seeks to sell Canadian and French operations
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen derided “wokeness and DEI” as the video game retailer giant seeks to sell operations in France and Canada. The company announced in a Tuesday release that as a part of ...
GameStop selling Canadian and French operations as CEO laments 'wokeness and DEI'
GameStop Corp. is looking to sell its Canadian and French operations as it evaluates its international assets, the video game retailer said in a Tuesday news release.
GameStop CEO Slams “Wokeness and DEI” Policies amid Plans to Sell French and Canadian Operations
GameStop (GME), the struggling video game retailer, has disclosed its intention to sell its operations in France and Canada as part of an
GameStop CEO Scapegoats DEI for Company Troubles
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen took to X on Tuesday to blame wokeness and DEI for the retail chain’s impending exit from Canada and France. The company, which managed to survive the pandemic thanks to the infamous memestock frenzy,
GameStop CEO Blames ‘Wokeness and DEI’ for Global Store Closures
The CEO of video game retailer-turned-Funko Pop dealer GameStop is blaming DEI programs for discontinued operations in Canada and France. DEI, an initialism meaning “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” is a hot-button issue as the Trump administration dismantles systemic protections for underrepresented groups.
'Death of DEI': GOP senator expected to take victory lap against 'wokeness' in CPAC speech
Indiana GOP Sen. Jim Banks is set to declare the "death" of DEI and woke policies in the United States government in a speech ...
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America Will Pay Dearly for the NIH’s Mindless War on Wokeness and DEI
Kettl argues that the NIH directive, which upends decades of federal science policy, violates federal law: “Assertion of an ...
Wall Street banks scrub DEI language from websites in latest retreat from corporate wokeness: report
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup have been erasing the speech from their websites, according to a report.
Trump administration gives schools a deadline to end DEI programs or risk losing federal money
The Trump administration is giving America's schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk ...
Review: Scripps Ranch Theatre’s ‘White’ a funny and biting look at ‘wokeness’ in the arts
America is currently at war with itself over who constitutes the haves and have-nots, and what ethnic groups have faced the most discrimination. James Ijames’ 2017 play “White” doesn’t address the ...
The Rise of the Woke Right
But what is most striking about this dismal back-and-forth is how well it demonstrates that the illiberal impulse to dictate ...
Feature interview: the problem with 'wokeness'
Sociologist Musa al-Gharbi takes aim at people who talk about being "woke" to the suffering of others but actually benefit from and even perpetuate the inequality they condemn.
Opinion
DAVID MARCUS: At 50, SNL should drop the woke, get back to the joke
Columnist David Marcus writes that, with the show turning 50, Saturday Night Live's braintrust ought to rethink how they traded humor for politics and lost their audience.