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The store’s notice, titled “Leading Practices: Unpacking Privilege,” was posted in an employee lounge in Calgary, Alberta.
It also included a checklist for “white, male, Christian, cisgender, able-bodied, and straight.”
In Canada a branch of The Home Depot has caused the outrage of many people after publishing a notice for its employees in that branch where it expresses the benefits of “white privilege”.
According to data from Statista, in 2020, The Home Depot generated more than US$130 billion in revenue, making it the king of home improvement worldwide. In Mexico, the US firm has a presence in 28 states and a team of 10,000 associates who serve 40 million customers annually.
The Home Depot ad sparks outrage
Many people took to social media to criticize The Home Depot’s ad, calling it “garbage” because of the content it contains.
There’s more. This is reportedly from a Home Depot in Calgary, Alberta pic.twitter.com/QG5GjfQsLw
— Markie Balentine (@MarkieBalentin1) March 23, 2022
The store notice se titled “Leading Practices: Unpacking Privilege,” it was placed in an employee lounge at The Home Depot in Calgary, Alberta. It also included a checklist for those who are “white, male, Christian, cisgender, able-bodied, and straight.”
From a friend that works at Home Depot, this is the kind of crap on display in the lunchroom pic.twitter.com/pFd0IkKlbY
—LLB (@LLB24693515) March 21, 2022
The flyer that was handed out to employees of that branch in Canada encouraged them to recognize “social privileges that benefit whites beyond what is commonly experienced by people of color in the same social, political and economic circumstances.”
“Waiting to celebrate Christmas? The flyer says: If you can expect time off from work to celebrate your religious holidays, you have a Christian privilege,” reads part of the notice.
Other employees detailed that were urged to discuss their “white privilege while telling them that the word white creates discomfortespecially when people are not used to being defined or described by their race.”
As the ad also highlighted that “if you are sure that the police exist to protect you, you have white privilege.”
“If while growing up, college was an expectation for you, not a dream, you have class privilege,” the ad explains.
The Home Depot Stance
After the spread of this notice and the innumerable criticisms of the brand, a spokeswoman for the US headquarters of The Home Depot confirmed to The Post news outlet that the notice was material from its Canadian division.
In that sense, he explained that this announcement had not been approved by the company’s diversity and inclusion department, although the flyer had a The Home Depot logo at the top.
The brand spokeswoman highlighted to the US media that it is not clear if the information package was simply informative, or if it was part of a group learning exercise, or if the Canadian employees had to complete the forms of privileges and give them to management. .
“While we fully support diversity in our company, this material was not created or approved by our corporate diversity, equity and inclusion department. This was a resource in our Canadian division and was not part of any required programming,” the spokeswoman said.
The outlet added that it is unknown if the information had been discontinued in its Canadian division.
“Imagine how confused people have to be before a big corporation decides to post this and their break room,” read from a user on Twitter.
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