06.08.06
Gay-cy’s Follow Up: The Evil of Prepared Responses
So being the little grassroots activist that I sometimes am, I wrote an email to Macy’s expressing my extreme displeasure that they would pander to a anti-gay group and alter their Gay Pride Week window display (see story below). The response I got really doesn’t make any sense at all.
Macy’s has a long-standing and respected history of support for diversity. Our company policy is deeply-rooted in diversity and inclusiveness. As such, we support a variety of causes in the communities that we serve. Our commitment and celebration of Gay Pride has been traditionally commemorated in our window displays. Our annual support of Gay Pride week in Boston and in other cities where we operate clearly demonstrates our commitment to diversity. Macy’s commitment to diversity will continue to be an important part of our company and community outreach as we celebrate Gay Pride festivities this month and in the future.
Sincerely,
Joanne Sacco, Manager Customer and Store Services
Sue McMahon’s Office, Macy’s East
Huh? I write a letter complaining about altering a Gay Pride display on the basis of a few hateful responses and you answer me by saying that you are committed to diversity and will continue to celebrate Gay Pride? Did you even read my letter, or is this some chameleon response you send to everyone that wrote about the window being taken down, no matter if the feedback was positive or negative? If you’re committed to diversity, then ignore the ridiculous anti-gay groups and move on. If your vision of diversity includes pandering to anti-gay groups, then don’t act like you’re triumphing the gays.
ZPO said,
June 9, 2006 at 1:44 pm
It would shock me greatly if having their legal department draft up and/or sign off on a canned response wasn’t done even before the display was modified.