for professional attire it called “current” and “representative of our consumer.” In a televised rant, the former Fox host moaned that “No longer wearing sexy boots, now she’s wearing sensible sneakers” and lamented that “when you’re totally turned off, we’ve achieved equity, they’ve won.”In a statement from Mars, the company wrote that it “is an equal opportunity employer – we do not engage in discriminatory employment practices.
While the timing of the Mars complaint may seem suspicious, it comes as part of a broader assault on diversity and inclusion efforts as the conservative movement’s latest craze has focused on “woke capitalism,” defined as a form of market conservatism that fails to toe the line on right wing culture war fundamentalism.
And the Mars complaint is only the latest legal crusades against diversity in the corporate world, by America First Legal, which describes itself as “determined to stop the destructive hiring practices of woke companies across the country.” After Bud Light collaborated with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney, the group filed a similar complaint with the EEOC alleging parent company Anheuser Busch used “divisive, illegal, and immoral employment practices” for offering “leadership development curriculum for those who identify with historically underrepresented groups,” among other gripes.