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Walmart said it was rolling back some DEI initiatives.Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesWalmart is scaling back some of its DEI efforts.The company was under pressure from anti-DEI activist Robby Starbuck.A spokesperson said some of the changes had been in the works for a long time.Walmart is the latest American company to reverse some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion or DEI initiatives.Robby Starbuck, an anti-DEI activist, said in an Instagram post Monday that Walmart agreed to a list of changes, including not extending its nonprofit Center for Racial Equity and eliminating the use of the terms "DEI" and "Latinx" from its official communications.A spokesperson for the company confirmed the changes to Business Insider.