Conservative Research Group – A group of Coca-Cola shareholders recently sent a letter to the ‘woke’ company claiming that a recent policy aimed at diversity would actually require law firms to violate anti-discrimination laws. The letter points to the policy that the firms must commit at least 30% of billed associates and partner time would be from diverse attorneys, and of that amount, at least half will be from Black attorneys. Only Democrats would try to violate anti-discrimination laws with their own set of “diverse” policies.

Paul Mirengoff, a board member of the American Civil Rights Project, reported that they received the diversity memo from Coca-Cola in January 2021. They demanded that the company either publicly retract the outside-counsel policies or provide access to the corporate records related to these decisions. It notes that the policy alters the term of signed contracts “on the basis of race” and exposes Coke and its shareholders to the risk of liability for violating anti-discrimination laws. Continue reading →