Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Dollar General boycott is next

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Wed May 28 2025

 

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Good morning! This is Betty Lin-Fisher with today's edition of The Daily Money.

Dollar General is the next retailer to face a protest over its retreat of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.Pastor Jamal-Harrison Bryant, who has led the Black faith community in a boycott of Target, says an electronic protest of Dollar General is next.At the same time, Bryant says the Target boycott is moving to a Target blackout, which will be indefinite.Here are more details in my USA TODAY exclusive story.

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Dollar General will face an electronic protest by members of the Black faith community, who are upset the retailer has retreated from its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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Pastor Jamal-Harrison Bryant, who led a Target boycott for retreating on its DEI initiatives, is calling for an electronic protest of Dollar General.

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