On Friday, January 24, Target announced it would scale back or end programs that promote diversity and cease participation in outside surveys, such as the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Corporate Equality Index. The trend has been widely viewed as a response to right-wing attacks on DEI initiatives.

Target will not see a dime of our Black dollars during Black History Month or at any other time, unless and until they reverse this decision,” said a cofounder of Black Lives Matter

Twin Cities Pride executive director Andi Otto says the nonprofit made the decision because Target is not standing up “against those who are fighting against us.”