Says Joe Biden tweeted, “the way white people talk leaving minorities confused.”
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No, Joe Biden didn’t tweet this about Coca-Cola and minorities
The Coca-Cola company has faced some backlash for recently directing employees to a diversity training that encouraged them to "try to be less white."
A fake Joe Biden tweet followed.
"I’m proud to see Coca-Cola educate their staff in cultural reappropriation," begins what looks like a tweet from the president’s verified @JoeBiden account. "The disconnect is because the way white people talk leaving minorities confused. Black people communicate a certain way and me and my staff know how those kinds of people talk and it’s time white people learn to do the same. #justforthetasteofit #dietcoke."
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The tweet in the Facebook post, which exceeds Twitter’s 280-character limit, does not appear in Biden’s Twitter accounts, @JoeBiden, @POTUS, and @WhiteHouse.
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It also doesn’t appear in a ProPublica database of deleted tweets from the president’s accounts.
Such a tweet would have drawn wide news coverage but there is nothing to support that Biden actually said this.
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Facebook post, Feb. 24, 2021
Newsweek, After Coca-Cola backlash, LinkedIn removes diversity lesson telling employees to ‘be less white,’ Feb. 23, 2021
Politwoops, Deleted tweets from Joe Biden, visited Feb. 24, 2021
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