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BM abruptly announced major changes to its DEI practices last month, potentially upending decades of work. It’s the latest company to reverse course after public pressure from a conservative influencer and the Trump administrati
on.The changes. On April 10, news broke that the company was drastically changing its DEI programming via right-wing influencer Robby Starbuck. IBM also made an internal announcement to its employees. Among the various changes, IBM will reportedly no longer have a DEI department and eliminated its Diversity Council, which was established in the 199
0s.The changes don’t stop there, according to Starbuck. IBM has also ended its allyship