LinkedIn removes diversity lesson telling employees to 'be less white'

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Coca-Cola has been criticized on social media since Friday when Karlyn Borysenko tweeted screenshots of the LinkedIn course.

Late Monday, LinkedIn said the course is no longer on its platform. LinkedIn did not say how many companies were using the lesson or how many times the controversial video had been viewed.

In four days, Borysenko's tweet had been viewed by 23 million people while a follow-up YouTube video had more than 100,000 views.course included a slide that instructed students to be"less white, less arrogant, less certain, less defensive, less ignorant and more humble." The lesson also informed viewers that"in the U.S. and other Western nations, white people are socialized to feel that they are inherently superior because they are white," and it cites vague"research" claiming that children as young as 3"understand that it is better to be white.

"I can understand sometimes there's miscommunication between management and employees ... but the messaging I've seen does use the word 'required.' Everything I've seen says it was part of the coursework, but then it was removed over the weekend once the news broke," Borysenko toldthat the video and images"are not part of the company's learning curriculum.

A Coca-Cola sign hangs over a vending machine at the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets shopping mall on November 24, 2020 in Central Valley, New York.

 

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I want to be more white!

Imagine the outrage if the training was 'be less black'

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TitaniaMcGrath

Its because racism is part of white culture. Its like how us Asians are taught to be family oriented and respect our elders-that's part of our culture. For whites, its racism, their culture is to hate everyone non white and hate whites who arent racist.

This whole world has gone mad.

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