'Just don't say DEI': Brands sit out advertising around Black History Month, other heritage months this year

'Just don't say DEI': Brands sit out advertising around Black History Month, other heritage months this year

Brand clients have either paused marketing around days geared toward honoring historically marginalized communities or tweaked language away from anything that could be deemed DEI.

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