Goodbye, pastel polo shirts. Au revoir, cucumber sandwiches. Penny loafers, I think I’ll miss you most of all. But corporate experts in “diversity, equity, and inclusion” such as “anti-racism” consultant Robin DiAngelo want us to “be a little less white,” as screenshots from a “diversity” training session associated with the Coca-Cola Company revealed over the weekend. Coca-Cola has since denied that the slides are “part of the company’s curriculum,” but the soda giant also admitted training employees to access the education platform that hosts the lesson.
Whether Coca-Cola intended to promote that specific slideshow or not, DiAngelo’s brand of “anti-racism” has taken over training programs on campus and in corporate offices across the country. Whiteness has never played much of a role in my sense of identity. Many other categories — e.g., Catholic, American, conservative, etc. — spring to mind before “white” enters the picture. But who am I to question one of the nation’s leading race hustlers?
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