The timing though, the way all these companies are scrambling to enable bigotry before Trump even takes office, shows that they are not afraid of the consequences of being seen not to discriminate. They believe they cannot continue to do business in Trump’s USA while being seen to stand up in even the smallest way for anyone but cishet white men. The preemptive compliance has set in even faster than we thought it would.
The timing though, the way all these companies are scrambling to enable bigotry before Trump even takes office, shows that they are not afraid of the consequences of being seen not to discriminate. They believe they cannot continue to do business in Trump’s USA while being seen to stand up in even the smallest way for anyone but cishet white men. The preemptive compliance has set in even faster than we thought it would.