(26 Jun 2020, 1:47 pm)Michael wrote Exactly, i'm all for pride, supporting the community but once you say something "wrong", you're classed as Homophobic etc... which alot of people isn't - and these days you can't have any of your own opinions - because you're always wrong.............. #brexit
For me it's something different personally and it's all about companies that make a big deal out of it like they're passionate and it's just a big political stunt which they even profiteer off in some cases but this year they've diverted it towards the NHS using the actual pride rainbow (GNE doesn't for reference here). Just to name a few:
- M&S (Profittered last year with those weird sandwiches, now profiteering using NHS by donating 10% - Ethical my arse - uses 6 pride rainbow)
- ASDA (Profittered with Gnomes)
- Morrisons (It's for key workers, no mention of pride until later, uses 6 pride flag)
- Iceland (NHS promotion, using 6 pride flag)
For those arguing over the rainbow flag:
The NHS flag / rainbow colours are: Red / Orange / Yellow / Green / Blue / Indigo / Violet <-- GNE uses this to be fair.
The Pride flag is: Red / Orange / Yellow / Green / Indigo / Violet
Anyone using the 2nd flag as their branding and mentioning Covid-19 / NHS or whatever else has blatently diverted their pride stuff to a cause with a 'bigger audience' and it's purely marketing especially if it involves profits.
The GNE one imo is just bad timing.
Adrian wroteThat is a bit of a sweeping statement to make. Lots of companies tend to do something for several Internationally or Nationally recognised days and weeks, including pride, so its a bit unfair to state its 'totally a gimmick' and for 'marketing and political reasons'. Of course, it is important that their actions speak as loud as their words.
As well as promoting awareness, I'm not sure how you would know that these companies are not constantly evolving strategies internally and how they operate as an employer? Diversity in the workplace has evolved massively over even my working life, and whilst we're no where near there yet, big change has happened so far through awareness.
The ones above are the ones I'm talking about, purely a profiteering stunt and a real lack of interest in it. That's not every company don't worry - I know that.