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I don't think the headline is supported by the contents of the article. The headline implies that Coca-Cola is taking some affirmative action to make people wa
by cldellow 6y ago
I don't think the headline is supported by the contents of the article.
The headline implies that Coca-Cola is taking some affirmative action to make people watch these videos.
But reading the article and the linked tweets, it seems like:
- Coca-Cola pays for LinkedIn Learning, an educational platform
- LinkedIn Learning has a variety of paid and free content
- one of the free pieces of content Robin DiAngelo's presentation with the "Be less white" phrase -- that is, anyone can watch this at https://www.linkedin.com/learning/confronting-racism-with-robin-diangelo/understanding-what-it-means-to-be-white-challenging-what-it-means-to-be-racist https://www.linkedin.com/learning/confronting-racism-with-ro...
- Coca-Cola says: "The video circulating on social media is from a publicly available LinkedIn Learning series and is not a focus of our company’s curriculum"
It's not clear from Coca-Cola's statement whether this means Coca-Cola has encouraged or required its employees to watch this video. Perhaps you could infer from the lack of a denial that they are requiring people to watch it, but IMO, that doesn't merit the certainty expressed in the headline.
- uberman 6y agoI agree that this summary is a better representation of what Coke claims. At this point, they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. If they say "Oh that was bad and we are sorry" then a one cancel army will come for them. If they say "We stand by that curriculum" a second cancel army will come for them. Their only option is to say "It is part of a larger set of materials we license from a 3rd party and we continue to refine our training". which is basically what their only viable option was.
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