Linkedin Removes Coke's Racist “Be Less White” Training Course

"LinkedIn has removed the racist “be less white” course featuring “anti-racist” Robin DiAngelo from its LinkedIn Learning platform after public backlash.

The course, entitled “Confronting Racism” went viral last week, when an internal whistleblower from Coca-Cola sent Karlyn Borysenko screenshots from the course on LinkedIn Learning, and claimed that employees at the company had been forced to take it. The course teaches people to “be less white,” and implies that to be white is to be arrogant, defensive, ignorant, and oppressive.

After facing severe backlash, Coca-Cola claimed in a statement provided to National File that the course was “not part of the company’s learning curriculum,” despite being accessible on the LinkedIn Learning platform to their employees. The statement differed from an earlier one attributed to the company, where they had confirmed that it was a part of their curriculum, but simply “not a focus” of their training"

Robin DiAngelo claims that her book promotional video was re-edited and presented as anti-racism training, by LinkedIn Learning, placing the blame directly on LinkedIn Learning. If anyone has the Big Think 2018 promotion video, we would love the see the pre-edited clips to confirm what Robin DiAngelo was saying.