The hashtag #BoycottRacistSamsClub began a trend after social media users claimed that comments made by CEO Rosalind Brewer were racist.
Sam’s Club CEO Rosalind Brewer did not hold her tongue when speaking of her dislike at having to sit across the table from a group of white guys. In response, Twitter began exploding with tweets to give Sam’s Club what they think it deserves; less white customers.
Brewer set off the controversy in a CNN interview, saying that the race of a management team is very important to her.
“My executive team is very diverse and I make that a priority. I demand it within my team,” she said, pointing out that she prefers minorities and women in the hiring and promotion processes.
“Just today we met with a supplier and the entire other side of the table was all Caucasian males. That was interesting. I decided not to talk about it directly with (the supplier’s) folks in the room because there were actually no female, like, levels down. So I’m going to place a call to him.”
Her statements have spawned calls for a boycott.