Enjoy a Coke With the KKK: Ties to a Trump-Led RNC Threaten Company's Reputation as a Champion of Diversity
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In fact, the rise in white supremacist groups and white terror militia groups has been influenced by Trump's campaign. And by funding a Trump-led RNC, Coca-Cola will be funding all of Trump’s damaging messages.
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Coca-Cola executives responded to these claims in a letter to ColorOfChange. The company said they have a “civic responsibility” to support a Trump-led RNC to “encourage more Americans to participate in the political process." However, "If Coca-Cola truly believes in corporate civic responsibility, than funding a platform for an anti-democratic demagogue preaching violently anti-Black, anti-Latino, anti-Muslim, and anti-women bigotry should be the last thing they would ever want to sponsor," confirmed Collins.
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Coca-Cola, Xerox, Adobe, Cisco, AT&T and Google are all RNC sponsors, an alliance which could threaten their multi-million dollar diversity marketing campaigns.