Target’s rollback on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is raising questions about the retail giant’s philanthropic commitment to fighting racial disparities and promoting progressive values in liberal Minneapolis,

Target is not welcome at the Twin Cities Pride Festival this year despite being a longtime sponsor, organizers say, because the company recently ended some of its DEI programs.

Target is the latest US company to retreat from policies designed to enhance racial and ethnic representation in the workplace.

Target is ending its DEI program this year, the latest corporation to step away from such policies in the face of scrutiny from conservative groups.

Target said that it was ending its diversity, equity and inclusion goals as it tries to align itself with an “evolving external landscape.”

Target has announced it is rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, becoming the latest corporation to do so following President Trump’s election. In a memo sent to

Target gave local filmmaker Leonard Searcy a $35,000 grant in October. Searcy was set to meet with the Minneapolis-based retail giant again Thursday to talk about another grant. The company postponed the meeting indefinitely,

In addition to other efforts, the retailer will end a program focused on carrying more products from Black- or minority-owned businesses.

The group’s decision is a response to the retailer’s plans to roll back diversity and inclusion initiatives, Executive Director Andi Otto said Sunday.

In the last three years, the government has virtually shut down the disinvestment and privatisation programme.

Target and the Target Foundation have made made big gifts to groups working on Black economic empowerment and LGBTQ+ acceptance.