Conservatives have generally viewed Chick-fil-a as one of the few large chains that haven’t entirely bowed to leftist orthodoxy on cultural issues, particularly Christian theology. Because of that, they supported it for years, making it one of the most successful fast food chains in the nation. Now Chick-fil-a is turning its back on its conservative customers by announcing its new commitment to “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
The company announced that new commitment on its website: “Chick-fil-A’s Corporate Purpose is ‘To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all entrusted to us. To have a positive influence on all who come into contact with Chick-fil-A.’ Our founder, Truett Cathy, believed that ‘a great company is a caring company,’ and since the beginning, care has been at the center of everything we do. We understand that the path toward Better at Together looks different for every business. At Chick-fil-A, Inc., our commitment is to approach this work with intention and humility, always believing the best in one another and striving for common ground. We’re early on in our journey, but we’re honored by the opportunity to steward our organization’s greatest asset – our people – and are energized by the road ahead.”
The webpage then quotes Erick McReynolds, the new VP of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, as saying, “Chick-fil-A restaurants have long been recognized as a place where people know they will be treated well. Modeling care for others starts in the restaurant, and we are committed to ensuring mutual respect, understanding and dignity everywhere we do business. These tenets are good business practice and crucial to fulfilling our Corporate Purpose.”
Continuing, the page then says, “One of our core values at Chick-fil-A, Inc. is that we are better together. When we combine our unique backgrounds and experiences with a culture of belonging, we can discover new ways to strengthen the quality of care we deliver: to customers, to the communities we serve and to the world. We understand that getting Better at Together means we learn better, care better, grow better and serve better. Chick-fil-A, Inc.’s commitment to being Better at Together means embedding Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in everything we do.”
This isn’t Chick-fil-a’s first step down the woke path. Back in 2020, Chick-fil-a CEO Dan Cathy shined the shoes of Lecrae, a black musician. He then said, in the context of counteracting racism:
I invite folks just to put some words to action here and if we need to find somebody that needs to have their shoes shined, we need to just go right on over and shine their shoes. Whether they got tennis shoes on or not — maybe they got sandals on — it really doesn’t matter. But, there’s a time in which we need to have some personal action here. Maybe we need to give them a hug, too.
I bought about 1,500 of these [brushes] and I gave them to all our Chick-Fil-A operators and staff a number of years ago. So, any expressions of a contrite heart, of a sense of humility, a sense of shame, a sense of embarrassment begat with an apologetic heart — I think that’s what our world needs to hear today.
Watch that here:
Don’t watch this if you just ate lunch… pic.twitter.com/6VdawGIYJy
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) June 18, 2020
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