Coca Cola implements training for employees to be less white

[Secret Chief]

Yet their commercials seem to suggest that all they want to do is make people happy.

It's just a sugar rush.

 

[Revoltingest]

It's just a sugar rush.

I never liked the stuff.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I'd like to see more sources that I recognized.
But a search turned up only unfamiliar ones.

I ran a few through Media Bias Fact Check, and they were all right wing. That of course does not make the story automatically wrong. It does tell us at the very least that Coca Cola's actions are very easy to spin. But let's assume they are right. How would African American groups react if black employees were told to get along:

Be less black.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Law Enforcement Today is another far right outlet: Law Enforcement Today - Media Bias Fact Check

They have edited out of the quote the key parts. I have found the original company statement and highlighted in red what they took out

Here is Coca Cola's official statement, denying that the material shown is part of their training material:

"The video and images attributed to a Coca-Cola training program are not part of the company’s learning curriculum.

Our Better Together global training is part of a learning plan to help build an inclusive workplace. It is comprised of a number of short vignettes, each a few minutes long. The training includes access to the LinkedIn Learning platform on a variety of topics, including on diversity, equity and inclusion. The video in question was accessible on the LinkedIn Learning platform but was not part of the company’s curriculum. We will continue to listen to our employees and refine our learning programs as appropriate.

From: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training | Company Statement


So you have been circulating lies.

Congratulations!

Awww, darn. Right wing sources lying is so old news.

Now I wonder if Coca Cola is going to be sending those papers the same sort of note that Dominion Voting did.

We might get some more humorous 'Mea culpa's.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I never liked the stuff.

That's okay. We forgive you

I rarely drink it myself. This few times I do I tend to buy Mexican Coke. The real sugar tastes much better. Corn syrup tends to have a cloyingly sweet taste that lingers on the tongue too long.

Do you like any sodas? I am tempted to try other Mexican versions. Is it the sugar or is it because it is Cuban sugar?

 

[Revoltingest]

Okay, so maybe Coca-Cola is off the hook then. Corporate America is saved.

Still, if the LinkedIn program is something made available
to Coke workers, it's a problem. Hostile work environment!
(I'm in the mood to yell.)

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

Still, if the LinkedIn program is something made available
to Coke workers, it's a problem. Hostile work environment!
(I'm in the mood to yell.)

Read above in the thread.

 

[Revoltingest]

That's okay. We forgive you

I rarely drink it myself. This few times I do I tend to buy Mexican Coke. The real sugar tastes much better. Corn syrup tends to have a cloyingly sweet taste that lingers on the tongue too long.

Do you like any sodas? I am tempted to try other Mexican versions. Is it the sugar or is it because it is Cuban sugar?

When I drink pop (not "soda"), I typically dilute it at least 50%.
Too sweet otherwise.
I like root beer & Squirt.

 

[Revoltingest]

Read above in the thread.

I did.

 

[Subduction Zone]

When I drink pop (not "soda"), I typically dilute it at least 50%.
Too sweet otherwise.
I like root beer & Squirt.

I don't dilute it, but pop it is. Too often I get a blank look when talking about pop so I switch to the vernacular at times.

 

[Revoltingest]

I don't dilute it, but pop it is. Too often I get a blank look when talking about pop so I switch to the vernacular at times.

Bragging about being multi-lingual, eh.

 

[exchemist]

Okay, so maybe Coca-Cola is off the hook then. Corporate America is saved.

It's all very well to be facetious, but you allowed yourself to be fooled into spreading these lies on this forum, where many people may have read them, believed them and told their friends about this example of "political correctness gone mad". Few will now bother to tell their friends it was bum information - especially if they would have liked the original, false, version to be true.

So you have unwittingly done your bit, today, towards keeping the culture war - and racism - alive in America.

This is what happens when people post stuff from unreliable sources without stopping to think and check. It is how Trump got elected president. And it could be how American democracy eventually dies.

(Here endeth the rant.)

 

[Stevicus]

It's just a sugar rush.

When I drink pop (not "soda"), I typically dilute it at least 50%.
Too sweet otherwise.
I like root beer & Squirt.

I used to drink it a lot, but I've been laying off of it in recent years. Although sometimes I still weaken, especially if it's on sale. The other day I was in the store and they had 2-liter bottles of Coke for 99¢ if you buy four or more. So, I bought four.

 

[Revoltingest]

I used to drink it a lot, but I've been laying off of it in recent years. Although sometimes I still weaken, especially if it's on sale. The other day I was in the store and they had 2-liter bottles of Coke for 99¢ if you buy four or more. So, I bought four.

That reminds me of an offer by The Great Waldo Pepper.
If you hated your first ride in his biplane,
the 2nd one is free.

 

[Subduction Zone]

I used to drink it a lot, but I've been laying off of it in recent years. Although sometimes I still weaken, especially if it's on sale. The other day I was in the store and they had 2-liter bottles of Coke for 99¢ if you buy four or more. So, I bought four.

And the few times I buy it I will pay $1.50 for a 12 ounce bottle of the real thing.

 

[tytlyf]

Law Enforcement Today is another far right outlet: Law Enforcement Today - Media Bias Fact Check

They have edited out of the quote the key parts. I have found the original company statement and highlighted in red what they took out

Here is Coca Cola's official statement, denying that the material shown is part of their training material:

"The video and images attributed to a Coca-Cola training program are not part of the company’s learning curriculum.

Our Better Together global training is part of a learning plan to help build an inclusive workplace. It is comprised of a number of short vignettes, each a few minutes long. The training includes access to the LinkedIn Learning platform on a variety of topics, including on diversity, equity and inclusion. The video in question was accessible on the LinkedIn Learning platform but was not part of the company’s curriculum. We will continue to listen to our employees and refine our learning programs as appropriate.

From: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training | Company Statement


So you have been circulating lies.

Congratulations!

Far-right newsmakers are in the business of fake news. Leaving out context, etc. When I make threads, I make sure the information is accurate.
We should tally-up who creates the most fake news threads on RF

 

[Stevicus]

It's all very well to be facetious, but you allowed yourself to be fooled into spreading these lies on this forum, where many people may have read them, believed them and told their friends about this example of "political correctness gone mad". Few will now bother to tell their friends it was bum information - especially if they would have liked the original, false, version to be true.

So you have unwittingly done your bit, today, towards keeping the culture war - and racism - alive in America.

This is what happens when people post stuff from unreliable sources without stopping to think and check. It is how Trump got elected president. And it could be how American democracy eventually dies.

The actual curriculum and the course really does exist. That surely was no lie. The only thing that was ostensibly wrong was that Coca-Cola had it as part of a mandatory training for its employees. Maybe in fact it was optional, but even the statement from Coke implies that it was linked to and made available to their employees taking this training program. So, it doesn't seem like it was totally made up out of thin air, as you're implying here. If it was optional and not mandatory, that's the part they got wrong, but it still existed.

The original story was purportedly from a whistleblower who works for Coke, and the initial article about it claimed they tried to reach Coca-Cola for comment but at first did not hear anything. I notice that the article from the Examiner has since been edited to reflect Coca-Cola's statement that you posted earlier:

Coca-Cola told the Washington Examiner in a statement: "The video and images attributed to a Coca-Cola training program are not part of the company’s learning curriculum. Our Better Together global training is part of a learning plan to help build an inclusive workplace. It is comprised of a number of short vignettes, each a few minutes long. The training includes access to the LinkedIn Learning platform on a variety of topics, including on diversity, equity and inclusion. The video in question was accessible on the LinkedIn Learning platform but was not part of the company’s curriculum. We will continue to listen to our employees and refine our learning programs as appropriate."

It is a rather carefully crafted statement, but ultimately, it just comes down to an employee's word versus that of the corporate PR department. You can say that I'm "spreading lies," but I'm not sure that's been firmly established yet.

You say that I'm doing my part to keep "the culture war - and racism - alive in America." Just because of this? Seriously? With all due respect, you're barking up the wrong tree.

 

[exchemist]

Far-right newsmakers are in the business of fake news. Leaving out context, etc. When I make threads, I make sure the information is accurate.
We should tally-up who creates the most fake news threads on RF

I often find myself in the business of exposing these false stories. Usually all it takes is a couple of minutes of web searching. Any story which, like this one, is only carried by rightwing outlets is likely to be false or at least to have been grossly misrepresented.

 

[exchemist]

The actual curriculum and the course really does exist. That surely was no lie. The only thing that was ostensibly wrong was that Coca-Cola had it as part of a mandatory training for its employees. Maybe in fact it was optional, but even the statement from Coke implies that it was linked to and made available to their employees taking this training program. So, it doesn't seem like it was totally made up out of thin air, as you're implying here. If it was optional and not mandatory, that's the part they got wrong, but it still existed.

The original story was purportedly from a whistleblower who works for Coke, and the initial article about it claimed they tried to reach Coca-Cola for comment but at first did not hear anything. I notice that the article from the Examiner has since been edited to reflect Coca-Cola's statement that you posted earlier:

Coca-Cola told the Washington Examiner in a statement: "The video and images attributed to a Coca-Cola training program are not part of the company’s learning curriculum. Our Better Together global training is part of a learning plan to help build an inclusive workplace. It is comprised of a number of short vignettes, each a few minutes long. The training includes access to the LinkedIn Learning platform on a variety of topics, including on diversity, equity and inclusion. The video in question was accessible on the LinkedIn Learning platform but was not part of the company’s curriculum. We will continue to listen to our employees and refine our learning programs as appropriate."

It is a rather carefully crafted statement, but ultimately, it just comes down to an employee's word versus that of the corporate PR department. You can say that I'm "spreading lies," but I'm not sure that's been firmly established yet.

You say that I'm doing my part to keep "the culture war - and racism - alive in America." Just because of this? Seriously? With all due respect, you're barking up the wrong tree.

That's exactly what you are doing, whether you realise it or not.

Coca Cola explicitly stated the video in question is NOT part of their training. That couldn't be clearer. The Corporate PR department speaks for the company and will not lie about a thing like this, for fear of legal action and damage to the brand.

So the headline item in this fake story of yours is a pack of lies.

And yes of course it is furthering a culture war. Why do you imagine this headline is so popular in the far right press? It's because it allows people to feel justified in jeering at attempts to redress the racial balance in society. And that in turn allows people who are a little bit racist to feel that that's OK.

 

[Stevicus]

And the few times I buy it I will pay $1.50 for a 12 ounce bottle of the real thing.

You can get a 44-ounce fountain drink at convenience stores for just over a buck - although sometimes they lower the prices in summer. Sometimes, the fountain drink machines at these stores can be an utter madhouse with people of all ages lined up to guzzle down huge cups of soda. But it's not just Coke; they have quite a variety of flavors and brands. Some people like to mix up different flavors in the same cup.