>> SAM'S CLUB CEO ROSALYN BREWER IS FACING CRITICISM OF
BEING RACIST BECAUSE SHE CALLS FOR MORE DIVERSITY.
SHE WAS SPEAKING TO THE PRESS RECENTLY AND SAID, " YOU
HAVE TO MEASURE PARTNERS, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK UP AND SPEAK OUT.
AND I TRY TO USE MY PLATFORM FOR THAT.
I TRY TO MENTOR MANY WOMEN INSIDE MY COMPANY AND
OUTSIDE THE COMPANY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT."
" TODAY WE MET WITH A SUPPLIER AND THE ENTIRE OTHER SIDE
OF THE TABLE WAS ALL WHITE MALES.
THAT WAS INTERESTING.
THERE WERE ACTUALLY NO FEMALE LIKE DOUBLES DOWN, SO I AM
GOING TO PLACE A CALL TO HIM."
SHE JUST WANTS MORE DIVERSITY.
>> SHE SOUNDS LIKE THE DAVID
DUKE OF BARGAIN-BASEMENT RETAIL.
>> IT'S NOT RACIST TO ASK FOR DIVERSITY.
OFTENTIMES IT IS THE OPPOSITE.
>>SO, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING HER RACIST ARE
OBVIOUSLY CAUCASIAN MALES.
>> SAM'S CLUB IS PART OF WALMART
WHICH IS DEEPLY REPUBLICAN.
COSTCO IS WONDERFULLY PROGRESSIVE.
SO, HAVE AT IT.
>> IF SHE HAD SAID I AM NOT HIRING WHITE MALES, THEN
THEY WOULD HAVE A POINT.
BUT SHE DID NOT SAY THAT.
SHE SAID SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER THEY ARE KEEPING AN
OPEN MIND TOWARDS OTHERS THAT MIGHT BE APPLYING AT THAT
COMPANY.
IT'S NOT LIKE SHE IS SAYING YOU MUST ONLY HIRE BLACK PEOPLE
ñ THAT HER MAIN CONCERN WAS WOMEN.
SHE DIDN'T PUT A QUOTA OR DEMANDS.
>> SHE IS
JUST SAYING IT IS 2015 AND WE OUGHT TO BE DOING
THINGS TO ENCOURAGE GETTING WOMEN IN THE PIPELINE.
THAT IS IT.
IT IS GOOD BUSINESS.
IT'S NOTHING BUT GOOD BUSINESS.
>>
I JUST WONDER IF SOME OF THESE GUYS ARE MAD ñ AND WHAT WOULD
THEIR EXPERIENCE BE IF THEY HAD TO LIVE THEIR LIFE AS A WOMAN.
>>THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE AND IN POWER
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME.
THEY ACT LIKE THEY ARE VICTIMS BECAUSE SOMEONE IS CALLING
FOR MORE WOMEN?
THINK ABOUT IT.
YOU HAVEN'T HAD TO DEAL WITH MUCH DISCRIMINATION AS A
WHITE MALE, RIGHT?
NOT ONLY ARE YOU THE DESIRED RACE, YOU ARE ALSO THE
DESIRED GENDER.
YOU HAVEN'T HAD TO DEAL WITH ANYTHING.
FOR YOU TO HEAR THESE COMMENTS AND GET OFFENDED BY IT, I MEAN
ñ I HATE THIS PHRASE BUT IT'S TRUE, CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE.
>> TO YOUR POINT, A GUY LOOKS AT THE STORY AND SAYS SHE IS A
PROBLEM BECAUSE SHE IS SAYING MAYBE WE SHOULD GIVE OTHER
PEOPLE A CHANCE.
ON THE OTHER HAND YOU HAVE A SET OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALL
WHITE MALES, AND DOESN'T THINK I WONDER IF THEY HAVE
RACIAL CONSIDERATIONS.
>>THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
THIS GUY DOES NOT FEEL DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
I THINK THIS GUY IS UPSET
BECAUSE THEY ARE INTIMIDATED.
THEY ARE WORRIED THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COMPETE WITH
WOMEN.
CALM DOWN.
IF YOU ARE A GOOD WORKER AND ARE GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO YOU
HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
IT SEEMS LIKE HE HAS A LOT TO WORRY ABOUT IF HE STARTS
CRYING AND WHINING THE SECOND SOMEONE MAKES A BENIGN
STATEMENT HAVING MORE DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE.
>> DO YOU THINK THIS IS ABOUT WOMEN NOT RACIAL DIVERSITY?
>>I DON'T KNOW.
BUT HE IS OBVIOUSLY AFRAID OF THE COMPETITION.
>> GIVE HIM THREE MINUTES.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU'RE WRONG, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE VISCERAL.
IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
HE CAN PROBABLY HANDLE HIMSELF AROUND WOMEN.
BUT THERE IS A SENSE OF LOSS.
REPUBLICANS CONSISTENTLY TAP INTO THAT.
IT IS VISCERAL.
WHAT SHE SAID WAS WONDERFUL.