‘Be less white’ | Coca-Cola slammed after D&I training

Soft drinks firm Coca-Cola has come under fire following the recent sharing of training slides to social media.

According to the Sun, photos of the online training seminar shared online showed slides that featured tips on how “to be less white,” including being “less ignorant” and “less oppressive.”

The leaked slides were met with a wealth of mixed responses on social media. A self-identified employment lawyer Harmeet K Dhillon, wrote on Twitter: "This seems like blatant racial discrimination to this employment lawyer.”

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Showing the other side of the coin, social media user known as Renea Quarles wrote on Twitter: “I think the word choice is poor, but the concepts will hopefully be enlightening. There are many who do not realise their own racial prejudices, and I'm not kidding.”