Posted on 04/18/2018 1:11:36 PM PDT by ethom
Fake Starbucks coupons have begun circulating on social media in the wake of protests over the arrests of two black men who had asked to use a Starbucks restroom.
The coupons, which feature images of Starbucks beverages, the brand's iconic color green and bar codes, appear to offer "people of color" or "African-American heritage" free drinks.
"This is completely false and in no way associated with Starbucks," a Starbucks spokeswoman told CNBC.
The images are being shared on 4chan, a website that gained notoriety for spreading pro-Trump memes and messages during the 2016 presidential election.
In 2017, members of this online community also attacked Starbucks, promoting "Dreamer Day," where immigrants would be given discounts. It was also a hoax.
The coffee giant has been under fire since a video of the two black men being arrested Thursday at a Starbucks in Philadelphia went viral over the weekend. The woman who posted the video said that staff at the coffee shop had called police because the two men had not ordered anything while they waited for a friend to arrive. Starbucks said earlier this week that the manager of the shop was "no longer at that store."
Starbucks said Tuesday it will be closing all of its company-owned restaurants in the U.S. during the afternoon of May 29 to conduct a racial-bias education program.
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So would Obama get half a cup?
They don’t need no stinking coupon , just go in and say free coffee now
The Kramer special?
HAHAHA!
What SB employee would refuse to honor one of these?
I just scanned the QR code. It is real, but it is not nice. All you get is the “n” word.
No coupon needed!
Just demand reparations!.................
How about a nice coupon celebrating whiteness?
#FREEBLACKCOVEFE! lmao
I love it. Very funny.
I would have taken the fake coupon one step further.
I would have listed May 29th, 2018 as the only day the coupon
would be valid.
May 29th being the day all US Starbucks will close for race relations
training.
Anyone else remember the free drink holders offered in the earlier days of the Internet that would initiate CD Eject?
Exactly. You KNOW a lot of these will be honored. This is actually getting fun to watch.
But you CAN purchase Starbucks drinks with your CITI “Race Card”
Only good for black coffee.
Why not turn over all their stores to Blacks, kinda like a head start on reparations.
LOL!
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