Aussie CEO Defies Critical Race Theory Policies and Chinese Supply Chains on Principle One Australian CEO is defying the trend of woke corporate policies which he says promote “division and exclusion” in the workplace. He wants nothing to do with the movement, which has its origin in the critical race theory and identity politics of cultural Marxism. Sam Kennard is the chief executive of Kennards Storage, one of Australia’s largest self-storage companies. In addition to being concerned about the push for woke corporate policies, he is actively working with his suppliers to diversify his supply chains away from China, because of the ruling Communist Party’s (CCP) oppression of Chinese people—specifically noting the treatment of Uyghurs and the loss of democratic freedom in Hong Kong.