And it wasn’t someone just slipping it in the program.
EXACTLY! Anyone who believes it was somehow, or by someone, accidentally and innocently slipped in has obviously never worked with a human resources department of a company the size of Coca-Cola.
Training materials usually are chosen by a human resources manager or someone designated by them, then vetted by a corporate vice-president, then narrowed down to one or two selections, then finally sent to corporate legal department for approval, THEN the one that covers all the corporate bases is made available to the employees in general. At least that is how it was with the corporation I retired from that employed over 10,000 employees with a annual revenue of over 4.4 billion dollars (US) reported as of 2017.
In the case of "Coke" does anyone believe that particular be 'less white' portion would have been removed had it not generated back-lash?