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/u/Aureus is this project still ongoing? Do you still have the riotelement chat going for this? eta: found it, chat link


If the sub wiki were turned on, it might be easy to collaborate on a company & alternatives list whenever someone has time.

What's the point of this project, exactly? We're going to try to get these things mass boycotted until some specific demands are met? We're going to try to make a mass migration away from them? What exactly?

It would be nice to have:

  • sources for info about donations or whatever companies did and when and why and what context
  • ordering for which to target first I guess, and maybe some analysis of what affect we can realistically have? idk it's not my project idea just thinking aloud here really, hopefully /u/Aureus can clarify

Once we have those things I guess we go one by one and do the boycott? get it arranged? do a publicity thing?


Ok, I sorted the breitbart list. I looked for things that looked less bad to sort into a second table, and some of them seem pretty non-objectionable like "help black communities" but ... it's all still unfair to every other race, and it's all still in response to the threat of violence from a bad group. So I left it all in one table sorted by $$.

I would do the other list next, which is a lot more items, go through and get the same info for each place one by one. All the archive stuff is linked . But I probably won't be able to do more on this project right now. But if someone else wanted to do it, it's a pretty clear task. Just go one-by-one and get the $$ amounts and what they went to for each of the companies.


Companies:

Starting with Breitbart's list from OP

ok, got a list, now I think we need a table. tables in saidit.

looks like we can't make sortable tables here, so sorting by amount seems best. Maybe I can make a "problematic" table and a "less problematic" table (e.g. ACLU vs. friendly neighborhood black guy)

Company Amount Where Alternatives
Pepsi $400 million to lift up Black communities and increase Black representation at PepsiCo TBD
Facebook $210 million $10 million in grants to “groups working on racial justice” and a $200 million commitment to Black-owned businesses and organizations TBD
Sony Music $100 million a fund “to support social justice and anti-racist initiatives around the world” TBD
Apple $100 million a “racial justice initiative, details to come TBD
Walmart $100 million a new racial equity center TBD
Warner Music $100 million campaigns against violence and racism and social justice causes related to music industry TBD
Nike $40 million “Organizations that put social justice, education and addressing racial inequality in America at the center of their work” TBD
Alphabet/Google $12 million various organizations, starting with $1 million each to Center for Policing Equity and Equal Justice Initiative TBD
Verizon $10 million National Urban League, NAACP, National Action Network, Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, Rainbow Push Coalition, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund TBD
General Electric $10 million organizations that promote inclusion and racial justice; An initial $1 million will go to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund TBD
United Health $10 million YMCA Equity Innovation Center of Excellence and Minneapolis-St Paul businesses TBD
Goldman Sachs $10 million donor-advised fund to support leading organizations addressing racial injustice, structural inequity and economic disparity TBD
Amazon $10 million American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation, Brennan Center for Justice, Equal Justice Initiative, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Bar Association, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Urban League, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, United Negro College Fund (UNCF), Year Up TBD
Target $10 million long-standing partners such as the National Urban League and the African American Leadership Forum in addition to adding new partners in Minneapolis-St. Paul and across the country TBD
Spotify $10 million matching employee donations TBD
Quaker Oats $5 million funds to “create meaningful, ongoing support and engagement in the Black community” TBD
Cisco $5 million Equal Justice Initiative, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Color of Change, Black Lives Matter, and a Cisco fund for fighting racism and discrimination TBD
Procter & Gamble $5 million NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, YWCA Stand Against Racism, and UNCF; also smaller organizations that mobilize and advocate, such as Courageous Conversation TBD
Chik-fil-A $5 million non-profits that are black-led or serve black communities TBD
Lego $4 million organizations supporting black children and educating all children about racial equality TBD
Disney $5 million organizations that advance social justice TBD
Microsoft $1.25 million Black Lives Matter, Equal Justice Initiative, Innocence Project, Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights, Minnesota Freedom Fund, and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund TBD
Starbucks $1.25 million “Organizations promoting racial equity and more inclusive and just communities” nominated by employees TBD
Intel $1 million support of efforts to address social injustice and anti-racism across various nonprofits and community organizations, and encouraging employees to consider donating to organizations focused on equity and social justice, including the Black Lives Matter Foundation, the Center for Policing Equity, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, all of which are eligible for Intel’s Donation Matching Program TBD
Warby Parker $1 million organizations “combating systemic racism TBD
The Travelers Companies $1 million organizations such as the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the National Urban League, YWCA Minneapolis, and the We Love Midway fund established by the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with the City of St. Paul TBD
PwC Charitable Foundation $1 million NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Dream Corps, ACLU, and the Center for Policing Equity TBD
Duke Energy $1 million nonprofit organizations committed to social justice and racial equity TBD
McDonald’s $1 million unspecified TBD
Bed, Bath & Beyond $1 million NAACP‘s Empowerment Programs TBD
Etsy $1 million $500,000 to the Equal Justice Initiative, $500,000 to Borealis Philanthropy’s Black-Led Movement Fund, and match any employee donations TBD
Uber $1 million Equal Justice Initiative and Center for Policing Equity TBD
Glosser $1 million $500,000 to various organization that are focused on combating racial injustice, including Black Lives Matter, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and We The Protesters; also an additional $500,000 in grants to black-owned beauty businesses TBD
H&M $500,000 NAACP, ACLU, and Color of Change TBD
Yelp Foundation $500,000 Equal Justice Initiative and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund TBD
Lebi's $200,000 $100,000 to the ACLU and $100,000 in grants to Live Free USA TBD
Lululemon $100,000 the Minnesota Freedom Fund TBD

music alternatives

computing tech alternatives alternatives

[–]Aureus[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Hey! I'm about to read through everything you sent. It's still ongoing, it's just really tough finding interested people.

Ideally I'd like to work on this with specific interested people rather than making broadcast posts that people may or may not respond to.

I'll check out the Element chat in a bit, and also turn on the wiki feature

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think my window to work on this right now is closed now... like I said can't commit.... :/ sorry to bother you if it's not really any help with one-off thing like this. If any of the above is helpful great if not pls just ignore... and don't worry about the wiki unless it's something you feel is a good idea personally. Want to help but don't want to disrupt whatever plans you already have going.

[–]Aureus[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

sorry to bother you if it's not really any help with one-off thing like this

Don't apologize, you've literally been the most helpful person so far lol.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ideally I'd like to work on this with specific interested people

Oh, I see. Well maybe I won't be much help then. I was just feeling tired (too tired to work on other stuff) and bored and looking for something productive to do for a bit, I thought why not try to help with this.

Oh dear. I know that sounds bad or something but I want to help if I can, y'know? I'd rather work on this than other stuff I could be doing right now. But I can't commit to it really.

I was kinda hoping I could hop in and help with some specific research item while I can, it sounded like that's what you were working on at this stage? More research?

& I didn't send anything really, most of that post is just copied from breitbart

[–]Aureus[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'd rather work on this than other stuff I could be doing right now. But I can't commit to it really.

I appreciate all the help I can get, just definitely don't neglect real-world responsibilities to work on this.

I'll get this going and find ways so that people can work on smaller bits and pieces. That's what all successful projects do anyway - most people can't commit huge chunks of time, so smarter projects make room for all levels of engagement.

[–]Aureus[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Wow, it looks like a lot of donations went to the same places.

Donations directly to impoverished neighborhoods would be fine, but it looks like most of the money went straight to activist groups like the NAACP.

The silver lining is that makes sorting the list a bit easier. If the recipients are mostly the same, the amount of money donated is the main thing that matters. Thanks again for listing this btw.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I sorted the breitbart list by $$ in a table.

I looked for things that looked less bad to sort into a second table, and some of them seem pretty non-objectionable like just "help black communities" kind of things but ... it's all still unfair to every other race, and it's all still in response to the threat of violence from a bad group. So I left it all in one table sorted by $$.

But of course you could separate some into a second table if you think that's better. Or sort however you think is best.

I would do the other list next, which is a lot more items, go through and get the same info for each place one by one. All the archive stuff is linked in the 2nd list. But I probably won't be able to do more on this project right now. But if someone else wanted to do it, it's a pretty clear task. Just go one-by-one and get the $$ amounts and what they went to for each of the companies.

Table code here:...

...Well nevermind, I can't get the code block to work. If you want the table code to edit it or whatever, I can copy it to the sub wiki if you turn it on and then everyone can see it to easily copy the table if they want.

[–]Aureus[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Thanks again. I am seriously impressed by all the work you've done so far, and I really appreciate it.

The wiki should be active and open. Please let me know if you have any issues with it

I would say the point of the project, right now, is to identify the worst-of-the-worst most offensive woke companies. I'm talking about ones so woke, that even political centrists and liberals would find some of their statements offensive. Once 5 or 10 of these are identified, we raise a huge noise on every conservative website about how they should be boycotted, and include the inflammatory statements or questionable behaviors the companies have engaged in.

It has to be a fairly short list, like 5 or 10 max, because the average person can't remember that many companies. Focusing our efforts on a few will make the results more apparent, and if done correctly, we could also sway people in the middle. I think Nike would be one of the best choices due to their anti-American behavior as well as the fact that they use Chinese sweatshops.

Of course there will be a full list as well for people who are more dedicated and want to boycott all of them. It could be ranked so people could see the most important vs least important to boycott.

I can't write out a full response tonight but maybe tomorrow or later this week. Thank you again for doing this, you're an all-star.

Btw there is a fellow on Ruqqus working on something similar, you may want to check out their thread here: https://ruqqus.com/post/182h/in-order-to-cancel-cancel-culture

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The wiki should be active and open. Please let me know if you have any issues with it

Looks like it works! I started a little index page and a page for The Great Boycott, where I copied the table so far.

[–]Aureus[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Awesome! I added a few alternatives. I'm noticing that the best recommendations for alternatives are just to buy local though.

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I added a few alternatives.

Thank you! It ... feels really nice to have some alternatives in there, actually. Relieving somehow. I didn't know about Patriot Mobile. +1 for people working together sometimes.

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It's just the list from the breitbart link, slightly reordered. I think maybe they added the $$ amts and the donation locations later maybe? I don't remember those being there when I'd seen that article before, but maybe I'm mis-remembering.