- A memo from retail giant Best Buy was revealed on Tuesday highlighting the company’s professional development program for employees who “identify as Black, Latino, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander.”
- “The program is not open to white applicants,” investigative journalist James O’Keefe said.
- The program had started in 2022, but O’Keefe’s viral post on Tuesday spurred social media users to call for boycotting Best Buy the way other boycotters had treated Bud Light.
DISCRIMINATION: A Citizen Journalist has revealed Best Buy is partnering with McKinsey & Company on a Management Training Program.
The program is not open to white applicants. “Candidates must meet the [racial] requirements below”
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— O’Keefe Media Group (@OKeefeMedia) August 8, 2023