Naacp Calls On Blacks to Avoid Target ; Rights Group Seeks Response to Diversity Poll

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The NAACP yesterday urged blacks to "stay out of Target stores" until further notice, in a dispute over the retail giant's ignoring the group's diversity survey.

Although that sounds to many like a boycott, Bruce S. Gordon, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was reluctant to use that word. He said his announcement intends to warn Target to respond to the NAACP's questions about its financial and employment practices, which the company has not done for the past two years.

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Naacp Calls On Blacks to Avoid Target ; Rights Group Seeks Response to Diversity Poll

"It certainly sounds like I'm saying boycott, but I use that word very carefully. Target refuses to respond to our survey. Now whether we...

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