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  • 2021-05-06 (xsd:date)
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  • McDonald’s and Coca-Cola have not announced plans to stop hiring white people for top positions (en)
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  • A screenshot shared on Facebook in South Africa claims that both McDonald’s and Coca-Cola have announced plans to cease hiring white people in leadership positions. However, the claim is false; both companies distanced themselves from the claim, confirming with AFP Fact Check that this is untrue. The post was published here on Facebook on March 30, 2021, and has been shared more than 3,300 times. Screenshot of the false post, taken on May 3, 2021 McDonald’s and Coke have both announced no whites will be hired in top positions, the screenshot reads. The screenshot was also shared here in the United States in mid-March. However, the claim is false. Neither McDonald’s nor The Coca-Cola Company have made any such announcements. Diversity Drives When contacted by AFP Fact Check, both McDonald’s and Coca-Cola said the claim being shared on Facebook is false. McDonald’s has not announced any plans to stop hiring people of white origin in top positions in its franchises across the globe. What the organisation is doing is that we are working on a plan to increase diversity among our workers, company spokesman Daniel Padiachy told AFP Fact Check. There are also no such announcements on the fast-food company’s website , Twitter account or Facebook page . In February 2021, McDonald’s released a statement announcing an initiative to increase diversity. The announcement, however, did not preclude the future employment of white people in senior positions. In the statement, the burger giant said that it wanted underrepresented groups in leadership roles to grow from 29 percent to 35 percent within the next five years in the US. Anne Moore, a spokeswoman for Coca-Cola, also told AFP Fact Check that this rumor is absolutely false. We will always hire the best-qualified candidates for any position anywhere in the world. In 2020, Coca-Cola announced an initiative on its official website to diversify its staff across all job levels to reflect all people of colour in the United States and to align with US census data for race/ethnicity by 2030. The announcement said nothing about plans to stop hiring white people in top positions. (en)
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