re: Kroger ALLYSHIP GUIDE: FROM AWARENESS TO ADVOCACY

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Wal-Mart is just as woke as Kroger or more woke.

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Making a Difference in Racial Equity: Walmart CEO Doug McMillon’s Full Remarks



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The murder of George Floyd is tragic, painful, and unacceptable. His death is not an isolated event.

Overwhelmingly, people are hurting. There is an intense sense of pain, fatigue, and frustration. Let me say clearly to our Black and African American associates and communities, we hear you.

We will find new ways to accelerate the desired changes inside our company and we will also find the ways that our business can influence real change in our country.

Because we want to address systematic racism in society head-on and accelerate change, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are committing $100 million to create a new center on racial equity.

To influence and lead change, we are going to use the power of Walmart to invest resources and develop strategies to increase fairness, equity, and justice in aspects of everyday life.

My expectation is that each of you will truly and authentically embrace the diversity of our Walmart team. We must work together to actively shape our culture to be more inclusive, not just accepting our differences…but celebrating them…every day…in every part of the company. For our leaders, if you can’t lead this way, you’ll need to find somewhere else to work because you don’t share our values.

And it can’t just be Walmart doing this work because the challenges are deep and systematic, and so the solutions need to be broad and societal. Like all of our sustainability efforts, social justice and equity are essential parts of our core business.

And we’re seeing what happens when we – as a country – fail to address root causes. Frustrations build and can turn into anger. And that anger will eventually be expressed – as we’ve seen as some of our stores have been looted and damaged.

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