Workplace diversity: Meta becomes the latest company to ditch DEI efforts amid some pushback [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KGO) — On Friday, Bay Area-based Meta became the latest company to end its diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

The programs, more popularly known as DEI, are efforts to counter discrimination by creating more inclusive workplaces or educational environments.

DEI has become a major topic of debate in recent months, and Meta joins a growing number of major companies getting rid of their programs.

It is welcome news to Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, which is a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C.

“People should be able to be recognized, their achievements be recognized as the product of their effort. And I think this is exactly what we Americans of all races expect and want,” said Mike Gonzalez.

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Gonzalez believes DEI programs have become too divisive and actually discriminate against certain groups of people.

He also thinks …