Coca Cola Wants Everybody to ''Try to be Less White'

February 22, 2021, 10:16 PM

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Originally posted by 95flhr:
Every flipping day I get closer and closer to just saying screw it, living off grid and ignoring the world.

This.

I sent them a short email today....only used two sailor words...”remove your collective heads from your asses, and FFS”...

I’m sure I won’t get a response.

But I won’t buy their stuff-I guess I’ll drink the remaining rum I have straight and not replace it.

February 22, 2021, 10:51 PM

darthfuster

Is there such a thing as rum and RC?

February 22, 2021, 11:57 PM

SIGGUY (THE 1ST)

Emailed and informed them no more Diet Coke for me ( a staple in my fridge as well as Dasani water.)

February 23, 2021, 12:29 AM

RoverSig

Well, Coca Cola is taking a beating for this program.

It's a terrible thing to group people in such broad categories (like black or white) and then say they all are alike - and that one group or another is "bad." Terrible in that it is divisive and untrue. My experience is that there are good people of all colors and persuasions, and some bad people mixed in there too.

February 23, 2021, 03:00 AM

armored

Sent a email informing them that my family will longer purchase there products.

February 23, 2021, 04:40 AM

V-Tail

Replying to MikeinNC and darthfuster, both of whom posted re same topic just above on this page: rum & coke is not the only way to do it.

I lived / worked in Puerto Rico for a few years, the really good rum was laughingly cheap (no taxes) in the Pueblo supermarkets where we did our grocery shopping. There was a lime tree in our back yard. The go-to drink was rum and tonic, Schweppes if we wanted to spend the money for it, or a store brand if we were feeling frugal. Add a squeeze of lime and you have a great drink for a hot day.

Or, throw some rum, lime juice, a banana, and some ice in a blender. Whir it around for a bit and pour into a cocktail glass.

February 23, 2021, 08:35 AM

PowerSurge

I just sent them this message. Stupid should hurt:

“I’ve decided to be “less white” and no longer purchase any of your products (coca cola, Dasani water, etc). Thank you Coca Cola Company for enlightening me!”

February 23, 2021, 08:53 AM

RichardC

Gov. Northam tried to be less white before it was cool.

Someone more skilled than me with Photoshop needs to do the meme.

February 23, 2021, 09:19 AM

hberttmank

I don't drink pop any way but coke can kiss my ass.

February 23, 2021, 09:31 AM

blueye

I wonder if they do the Wakanda salute at corporate?

February 23, 2021, 10:48 AM

Prefontaine

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
Coke is probably spot on with the demographic they are doubling down on.

Do you drink several gallons of sugar laden soda every week? I don't either.

Marketing is being pushed around this demo. That is the RCA. It's being done in soft drinks, vehicles, you name it. As some of us age out of this primary demographic, well there is a cultural shift to wrap marketing around these "woke"generations. I'm seeing it with everything. Vehicles, it's ADAS (advanced driving assistance systems) because gen y, z, millennials have phone addiction problems. Look at the amount of "apps" available now from everything from renting a house, a room, a car, etc, millennials again. I'm seeing in home theater also where the manus are scrapping the middle ground. They are keeping the high end stuff for people with deep pockets, cutting the middle in favor of cheap shit like basic soundbar systems because millennials are cheap SOB's who spend all their free cash on iDevices, clothes and being super social. Everything is going the woke way.

February 23, 2021, 10:53 AM

tacfoley

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Originally posted by flashguy:
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Originally posted by tacfoley:
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Originally posted by Excam_Man:
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Originally posted by ruger357:
I am so sick of this shit. If you push black things you are a hero.

You're not alone my friend.

Has anyone watched the new Target commercials where they praise black inventors?

'kay. As a furriner, still not too certain of 'black' history in the field of inventiveness, please name me ten great inventions by black inventors.

Hmmm, five?
I'm not Black, but I can do that for you. Wkiipedia has a nice list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...ntors_and_scientists. I'll pick a few for you:
1. George Washington Carver (worked with peanuts)
2. Percy Lavon Julian (synthesized human hormones from plants)
3. Archie Alexander (Civil Engineer, noted for bridges)
4. Alice Augusta Ball (Chemist, extracted treatment for Leprosy)
5. Patricia Bath (Ophthalmologist, inventions for cataract surgery)
6. Henry Blair (patents for seed and cotton planters)
7. James A. Harris (co-discoverer of elements 104 and 105)
8. Alexander Miles (automatic electric elevator doors)
9. Garrett Morgan (early gas mask; three-light traffic signals)
10. Granville Woods (synchronous railway telegraph)

Another good source: https://www.thoughtco.com/blac...gh-the-years-4145354

Happy? Personally, I don't think it matters who invented something, or their ethnicity--if I use it or benefit from it, I'm just happy someone did.

flashguy

Thanks for that. My ignorance appals me on occasion. All Americans, right?

Not black Americans, just Americans. Maybe that's why I couldn't find them.

Lists of famous inventions and their inventors, like me, are colour-blind.

February 23, 2021, 10:55 AM

konata88

would it be ironic if the rest of the world actually aspires to be white in America? Outside of perhaps Canada, Australia and Europe?

February 23, 2021, 11:54 AM

az4783054

I don't know of anyone who had a choice as to what 'color' they were born. We don't get to chose our parents.

February 23, 2021, 12:07 PM

Ripley

Is there such a thing a Mexican Pepsi?

February 23, 2021, 12:41 PM

Mars_Attacks

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Originally posted by Ripley:
Is there such a thing a Mexican Pepsi?

You can get real sugar Pepsi Throwbacks all day long.

February 23, 2021, 12:49 PM

Ripley

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
You can get real sugar Pepsi Throwbacks all day long.

Thanks, haven't seen those but I've not looked for them either. Every now and then we'll get Mexican Cokes, definitely better. Many years back I'd start the day with a Coke instead of coffee but my stomach is way past that now.

I always preferred RC Cola anyway except they needed more carbonation.

February 23, 2021, 01:03 PM

corsair

I've cut-back on my soda intake about 10-years ago, don't even buy it for the home and barely ever order it when out. Not gonna miss Coke.

Its too bad Coca Cola went with the extreme training company, we just recently went through our own Unconscious Bias training. Rather than browbeat us with mythological racial discrimination claims, it was more focused around managers shitting on handicapped or, expectant parent employees and, lewd and inappropriate comments, issues which are much more likely to occur.