Daily Briefing: The Target boycott is personal
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Nicole Fallert here, bringing you the news to know on Thursday, from efforts to starve Target's business to some major news for fans of the "Big Little Lies" books and series.
When Target scrapped its DEI policies shortly after President Donald Trump took office, boycotts sprang up across the country. From church pulpits to community gatherings, the policy U-turn was widely viewed by some as a betrayal of Black Americans who had propped up the retail giant's fortunes.
The national uproar had mostly died down. Atlanta pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant claimed victory and declared his yearlong Target fast was over.
But his announcement set off fireworks. At a hastily convened press conference in front of Target’s Minneapolis headquarters, grassroots activists denounced Bryant and told the world the nationwide boycott over the company’s rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion was not his to end.
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