{"id":176214,"date":"2021-02-26T09:31:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T14:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=176214"},"modified":"2021-02-26T09:43:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T14:43:54","slug":"linkedin-removes-racist-be-less-white-diversity-training-releases-statement-following-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/linkedin-removes-racist-be-less-white-diversity-training-releases-statement-following-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn Removes Racist \u2018Be Less White\u2019 Diversity Training, Releases Statement Following Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flinkedin-removes-racist-be-less-white-diversity-training-releases-statement-following-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=176214&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230625386.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Social media firm LinkedIn has removed a racist diversity training program that encouraged participants to \u201cbe less white.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The controversial training program, called \u201cConfronting Racism, with Robin DiAngelo,\u201d was first highlighted in the media after Coca-Cola employee whistleblowers leaked some the slides.<\/p>\n<p>While the company has contended that the program was not mandatory for employees, political YouTuber Karlyn Borysenko, who broke the story, says at least one employee has released an email backing up the claim that the training was required.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0<em>Confronting Racism<\/em>\u00a0course featuring Robin DiAngelo is no longer available in our course library, at the request of the 3rd party content provider we licensed this content from,\u201d said LinkedIn vice president of corporate communications Nicole Leverich, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/linkedin-removes-diversity-lesson-less-white-1571205\">reported<\/a> Newsweek on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe provide a wide variety of learning content, including more than 270 courses on the topics of diversity, inclusion and belonging,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cWe will continue to add new courses to help people learn the skills they need to be more successful in their career, including the foundational skills we all need to be effective allies and help build a more equitable future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coca-Cola released a statement Tuesday denying the training was mandatory and \u201cnot part of the company\u2019s curriculum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe video in question was accessible on a third-party platform and was not part of the company\u2019s curriculum, so it was not required,\u201d the statement said. \u201cOur overall diversity, equity and inclusion training is required and received input from employees reflecting a wide range of backgrounds, views and expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As noted by The Daily Wire, Borysenko broke the story last week, leaking slides from the training online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe real story is that Coca-Cola is one of probably thousands of companies that are having their employees do these courses,\u201d Borysenko told\u00a0Newsweek on Tuesday. \u201cWhy did LinkedIn produce content asking people to be less white? Why are they still hosting this? Coca-Cola is a drop in the bucket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek noted that despite Coca-Cola\u2019s claim that\u00a0the training wasn\u2019t mandatory, \u201cBorysenko said multiple employees at the company say that it indeed had been\u2014at least until Friday, and at least one employee provided her an email she says backs up the assertion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can understand sometimes there\u2019s miscommunication between management and employees,\u201d Borysenko said, \u201cbut the messaging I\u2019ve seen does use the word \u2018required.\u2019 Everything I\u2019ve seen says it was part of the coursework, but then it was removed over the weekend once the news broke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/be-less-white-uncovering-white-fragility-author-robin-diangelos-linkedin-course-on-confronting-racism\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, the diversity course in question was created by Robin DiAngelo, who is best known for her 2018 book titled, \u201cWhite Fragility: Why It\u2019s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the course, DiAngelo encourages participants to \u201cbe a little less white\u201d by being \u201cless oppressive,\u201d \u201cless arrogant,\u201d \u201cless certain,\u201d \u201cmore humble,\u201d and other tips.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/be-less-white-uncovering-white-fragility-author-robin-diangelos-linkedin-course-on-confronting-racism\">\u2018Be Less White\u2019: Uncovering White Fragility Author Robin DiAngelo\u2019s LinkedIn Course On \u2018Confronting\u00a0Racism\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/5-virtue-signaling-corporations-trying-to-prove-their-wokeness\">5 Virtue Signaling Corporations Trying To Prove Their\u00a0\u2018Wokeness\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media firm LinkedIn has removed a racist diversity training program that encouraged participants to \u201cbe less white.\u201d The controversial training program, called \u201cConfronting Racism, with Robin DiAngelo,\u201d was first &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274278,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230625386.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"LinkedIn Removes Racist \u2018Be Less White\u2019 Diversity Training, Releases Statement Following Backlash","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230625386.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"LinkedIn Removes Racist \u2018Be Less White\u2019 Diversity Training, Releases Statement Following Backlash","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}