Coke’s Hypocrisy Bubbles Over During Chinese ‘Genocide’ Olympics
Coke earned the nickname “woke-a-cola” after it spent the summer of 2021 railing against Georgia’s election reforms. Coke has no problem scolding American lawmakers for policies the company finds offensive, but when it comes to criticizing the Chinese Communist Party, Coke falls flat. The company continues to sponsor China’s Olympic Games while refusing to comment on the human rights atrocities occurring in Xinjiang province. Critics have started to condemn Coke’s silence. NYU Professor Michael Posner bashed the company, writing, “The company’s current strategy of keeping its head down and wishing the problem away is no longer viable and will seriously undermine Coke’s iconic brand reputation.”
