The Deception of DEI Comes to Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville Chamber of Commerce Hosts DEI Summit for SC Businesses
The South Carolina Greenville Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Diversity and Economic Inclusion (DEI) Summit this Thursday, October 24th, 2024. The sponsors include Michelin, Greenville Technical College, Furman University, the Riley Institute, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Pelham Medical Center, BMW, Milliken, Prisma Health, South Carolina Federal Credit Union, Northwestern Mutual, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, USC School of Medicine Greenville Office of CASE, GSP International Airport, and several others.
What is DEI?
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is the new wave of neo-marxism in the western world. In one of his podcasts, Dr. James Lindsey explained how all three of these topics work together: equity is the short term goal to achieve neo-marxism identity politics, diversity is the means of installing political officers to enforce neo-marxism, and inclusion is the tool by which diversity officers will be celebrated and their opponents (anyone who believes in merit) will be removed.
Similar DEI initiatives were used by Mao and Stalin by implementing thought-reform so that their countries’ population would join their socialistic cults. Mao implemented “Unity - Criticism - Unity” and once the people wanted unity, Mao would implement criticism and struggle sessions to cement their adherence, which taught similar principles as current DEI trainings.
How DEI-Supportive Businesses Fail
Several large companies are scaling back on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs due to the backlash they have received from customers. Some of these companies include Ford Motor, John Deere, Lowe’s, Harley-Davidson, Brown-Forman (maker of Jack Daniel's and other drinks), Tractor Supply, and Toyota Motor.
It seems that more large corporations are moving away from DEI after companies like Bud Light did not listen to their consumer base and continued to run ads using transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in 2023. Bud Light also sponsored an all-ages drag show and several pride parades, including a Pride Parade in Canada that involved fully naked men and numerous sexual acts that were preformed in front of children. Using a transgender in Bud Light’s ads and sponsoring these kind of parades are requirements for their DEI programs and ESG scores. However, Bud Light was not expecting the consumer backlash they received, resulting in a drop Bud Light’s beer sales to the lowest its been in 24 years and being dethroned as America’s best-selling beer by Modelo Especial. The parent company of Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch, had to sell off eight other companies to deal with the financial hit and had to lay off hundreds of US workers due to meeting their DEI and ESG requirements.
When Bud Light tried to revert back to their “male-focused” advertising strategy, they released an ad featuring Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce, who just happens to be Pfizer’s poster child and Taylor Swift’s latest boy toy. This only seemed to make the Bud Light boycott even worse, as Twitter users began asking if Kelce is now transgender as well.
Classes Hosted at Greenville DEI Summit
Class Highlight #1 is entitled “Empowering a Diverse 21st Century Workforce” that specifically focuses on engaging the LGBTQ+ workforce. It is led by Tyler Prescott and Brian Suber. What are their backgrounds? Let’s see:
Tyler Prescott is a DEI specialist for Milliken & Company, as well as the co-founder and CEO of Upstate SC LGBT+ Chamber, a nonprofit created to build “social and economic equality” for the “LGBT+ and allied community”. Prescott is a graduate of Anderson University and a Riley Institute Fellow.
Brian Suber is an associate director for EY, a large IT services and consulting company whose “focus” is on “board diversity” and “equity and inclusion” according to his LinkedIn. Suber is a member of EY Unity, the Upstate SC LGBT+ Chamber, Greenville Chamber of Commerce, and regional/national LGBTQ+ organizations.
Class Highlight #2 is the “Supplier Diversity Shakeup” which focuses on “political challenges” and “supplier diversity” while managing “equity” within a changing environment. This class is led by LaTonya Fourte Lyles and Sonya Walton.
LaTonya Fourte Lyles has been an Assistant Director in Supplier Diversity for Northwestern Mutual since 2021. She is also the co-founder and managing partner of SpotzCity, a “boutique agency” where “diverse entrepreneurs” can sell their products and services. Lyles is from Chicago and has previously worked for the city as a supplier diversity compliance officer.
Sonya Walton is the Vice President of Economic Inclusion at Messer Construction. In her LinkedIn biography, Sonya states that “for the past twenty two years, she has successfully implemented economic inclusion and supplier diversity programs in both the public and private sectors.”
Class Highlight #3 is titled “Integrating ESG and DEI for Sustainable Business Success” and probably the most obvious attempt to force business owners under the control of larger corporations and international organizations. To learn more about the dangers of ESGs to South Carolina businesses, click HERE. This class is taught by Jil Littlejohn-Bostick and Ken Peterson.
Jil Littlejohn-Bostick is the Vice President of Corporate Responsibility and Inclusion at Winnebago Industries. She has served in several roles related to DEI. According to her LinkedIn, she also started her professional career at Milliken.
Ken Peterson is the Chief Diversity Officer and Senior HR Director for ScanSource. Ken has served in HR and diversity roles for decades, accord to his LinkedIn.
To check out the other classes that are being offered, check it out HERE.
This form of brainwashing has been around for a long time, but like CRT, the acronym changes depending on the audience. Do not be fooled by the new DEI scam. This is just another move from international organizations and their corporations to gain more control over businesses in South Carolina.
We have watched DEI evolve over the past several years as it has moved through our books, to our children, into our schools, our politics, and now into the business world. We have funded America’s degradation through our tax dollars funneled by our government through agencies such as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Unfortunately, the SC Chamber of Commerce has been pushing DEI for at least the past few years, affecting the majority of our Republican legislators as they seem to listen to the Chamber’s lobby from the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Why else would they consistently refuse to remove DEI funding from the South Carolina state budget every year?