If you thought that you’d heard all of the bizarre and outlandish bullshit that right-wing extremists have to offer when it comes to their efforts on the culture war, consider what a group led by former Trump administration official Stephen Miller is trying to do.
On Thursday, America First Legal filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, urging the EEOC to investigate Kellogg Co.’s (the parent company of such well-known food brands as Pop-Tarts and Cheez-Its) policies and programs that it described as “infused with woke ideology,” according to HuffPost.
Yep, your entire pantry is infested with “woke” products. Or so Miller and his fascist minions would have you believe.
The complaint itself reads like a checklist for conservative talking/whining points.
In a letter to the EEOC on Wednesday, America First Legal senior counselor Reed D. Rubinstein claimed that Kellogg’s “engages in unlawful employment practices by seeking to ‘balance’ its workforce based on race, color, national origin, and sex.”
The letter went on to note a number of diversity initiatives at the company, including one that strives to have 25% of “underrepresented talent” at the management level by the end of 2025.
The letter also stated concerns with a fellowship program for Black chefs at Kellogg’s and what the company has described as an “aspirational [goal] of gender 50/50 parity at the management level” by the end of 2025.
America First Legal also penned a letter to Kellogg’s CEO Steve Cahillane, accusing the company of having “hijacked the brand to advance an extreme political and social agenda.”
Striving for diversity and equality are now extreme? If so, count me as a proud member of the woke extremist contingency. And it’s safe to bet the majority of Americans feel the same way and aren’t about to toss out their breakfast foods just because Miller and his ilk have closed minds and corncobs up their asses.
