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  • Starbucks serves up hypocrisy, Venti-size

    03/21/2015 9:07:33 AM PDT · by TurboZamboni · 60 replies
    Pioneer Press ^ | 3-20-15 | Joe Soucheray
    Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, wants his employees to talk to the customers about race relations in America, which makes as much sense, I suppose, as a bank instructing its tellers to inquire after your faith. In other words, Schultz and his people have gotten so full of themselves that they actually believe a barista can engage a customer in a meaningful conversation about race, even though the customer might want only a latte and not chatter. Or else they believe that coffee, by virtue of its stimulants, is an elixir that can close the great divide, if there...
  • Just Write #STFU On That Starbucks Cup (Since This Essay Won't Fit)

    03/20/2015 7:44:10 PM PDT · by IChing · 54 replies
    ClashDaily.com ^ | 3/20/15 | Donald Joy
    Somebody needs to tell Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz to snap a lid on his grande mocha-hole, especially seeing as he chooses not to match his money or his actions to that frothing hypocrite mouth. In case you haven’t heard about it already, as part of the all-out propaganda war of disinformation being waged (and, massively funded by at least $33 million from his fellow lefty opportunist billionaire and tribal kinsman, Gyorgy Schwartz aka George Soros) under the hashtag “BlackLivesMatter,” Starbucks’ Schultz is urging his legions of baristas to write “#RaceTogether” on customers’ coffee cups, as a way to provoke in-store...
  • Does Starbucks Want an Honest Conversation?

    03/20/2015 11:53:52 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 45 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | March 20, 2015 | Mona Charen
    Starbucks is hoping to lead a national conversation about race. According to a video released by founder Howard Schultz, Starbucks baristas are encouraged to scrawl "race together" on coffee cups before placing them in the hands of customers. This hollow bit of moral exhibitionism is supposed to encourage "compassion," "honesty," "empathy" and "love." Does Starbucks sell caffeine-free compassion? Each and every time we're hectored to engage in an "honest conversation" about race, it's a sham. What's wanted is not honesty, but confession of sin by white people and expressions of pain from blacks and others. Decade after decade, despite vastly...
  • Why Is There No Starbucks Coffee House in Selma? [or Ferguson, or many other black cities]

    03/19/2015 7:46:24 PM PDT · by grundle · 69 replies
    cnsnews.com ^ | March 19, 2015 | Jen Kuznicki
    Starbucks executive Corey duBrowa recently deleted his twitter account, after what he said were abusive comments as a result of his push for a campaign in which his baristas were to engage with customers about race relations. "I was personally attacked through my Twitter account around midnight last night and the tweets represented a distraction from the respectful conversation we are trying to start around Race Together," duBrowa said. "I’ll be back on Twitter soon." But the whole point of the conversations he promoted, was to get people talking about what is uncomfortable, and controversial. It seems childish to delete...
  • (Vanity) Pre: Starbucks Racetalks, was McDonald's Pay With Lovin" Anyone Know How That Worked Out?

    03/19/2015 12:47:25 AM PDT · by lee martell · 34 replies
    March 19, 2015 | Lee Martell
    This week we see the roll out of a new campaign from Starbucks, where the 'barrista' aka Waiter is supposed to kick start a 'casual conversation with the customer' about race relations in the U.S.. Two days in, and the majority of people are either laughing and mocking or scowling and condemning. I don't expect the Racetalks to still be going on by Memorial Day, late May. Only if they start writing up rules, conditions and solid incentives (aka $) for both the waiters and the customers. Before Starbucks new strategy, there was another Mad Hatter type of social experiment...
  • Would You Discuss Race With Your Starbucks Barista?

    03/19/2015 12:19:11 AM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 86 replies
    forbes.com ^ | 3/18/2015 | Ruchika Tulshyan
    Starbucks just announced a new campaign inviting their customers to discuss race relations with baristas. The Seattle-based coffee company is asking employees to write “Race Together” on the side of customers’ cups, in an effort to engage them to discuss…well, their ethnicity. The campaign was sparked by the recent uptick in nationally-covered racially-charged tragedies, according to a Starbucks press release. “What if we were to write ‘Race Together’ on every Starbucks cup, and that facilitated a conversation between you and our customers?” Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says in a video message to partners. “And what if our customers as a...
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Starbucks’ Flawed But Wonderful Plan To Tackle Race

    03/18/2015 7:26:40 PM PDT · by MeshugeMikey · 43 replies
    TIme ^ | March 18, 2015 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
    Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s bold decision to encourage his baristas to discuss race relations with willing customers has filled me with shock and awe. I’m in awe of his courageous and good-hearted attempt to do something to bring about better awareness of racism. I’m in awe that he’s willing to put morality above profits. I’m in awe that he’s willing to endure the snarky ridicule and lame coffee jokes from pundits as well as the inevitable death threats from clueless trolls. All with nothing personally or corporately to gain — and a lot to lose.
  • #RaceTogether @Starbucks

    03/17/2015 10:37:04 AM PDT · by ctdonath2 · 12 replies
  • Starbucks tackles race relations: Big risk but 'we can't leave this to someone else'

    03/17/2015 6:51:47 AM PDT · by Citizen Zed · 28 replies
    Biz Journal ^ | 3-17-2015 | Rachel Lerman
    For the most part, large, publicly traded companies shy away from emotionally charged social issues, recognizing it is safest to take a neutral stance. But this week Starbucks has stepped out onto a ledge with its newest public campaign, which may be its riskiest yet. Starbucks is tackling race relations in the country. The company is not thinking small. Starbucks took out a full-page ad in the New York Times Sunday that reads "Shall we overcome?" in the center with "Race Together" at the bottom of the page. The ad may have cost more than $200,000. While this is not...
  • Coffee, Tea, or a Frank Discussion on Race?

    03/19/2015 1:35:14 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 58 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | March 19, 2015 | Jonah Goldberg
    tarbucks is easy to make fun of on its best days, what with the pretentious names for everyday items, never mind the ridiculously high prices for those same everyday items. Even the cashiers have fancy monikers -- "barista." The snootiness is by design, of course. And you can make fun of it all you want; it's worked. Using many of the same techniques realtors have employed to hawk borderline tenements as unique gateways to the urban experience, Starbucks has managed to educate the consumer that it's OK to pay through the nose for what used to be a "cuppa joe."...
  • How To Talk About Race At Starbucks (video)

    03/20/2015 10:34:27 AM PDT · by EveningStar · 68 replies
    Internet Action Force (IAF) ^ | March 19, 2015 | Rob King
    At Starbucks, we respect your heritage AND your order.
  • Over-priced coffee and a side of white guilt

    03/20/2015 8:04:46 AM PDT · by rktman · 88 replies
    wnd.com ^ | 3/20/2015 | Lloyd Marcus
    Starbucks admits that the initiative was birthed out of a company forum in which employees discussed racial tensions across America due to “police killing unarmed black men in Ferguson.”
  • ***THE OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD***

    03/20/2015 6:43:07 AM PDT · by Lucky9teen · 89 replies
    You were saying, Starbucks? Dennis Miller - Just ordered a black coffee at Starbucks and was informed that "de-creamed" was the preferred term.~~~~~~~~~~~~With the best intentions, Starbucks recently launched a new campaign to get people talking about race. The campaign was promoted by their CEO Howard Schultz and involves a barista writing #RaceTogether on your morning cup of coffee and engaging you in a conversation about race relations.Now, that might’ve sounded like a good idea in the boardroom, but the reality is people aren’t at their best in the early morning before they’ve had their cup of the strong...
  • What #RaceTogether Should Really Be About

    03/19/2015 2:53:31 PM PDT · by donjuanluis07 · 3 replies
    RINOList.org ^ | March 19, 2015 | RINOList.org
    In honor of the the ill-informed Starbucks' #RaceTogether, we present now another idiot Republican who is further inflaming racial tensions. First, General, why are you still in the GOP? Second, yes, there is a "dark vein of intolerance" which is best shown by these pictures.
  • Starbucks Campaign Already Inspiring Awkward Conversations About Race

    03/19/2015 10:53:15 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 65 replies
    National Public Radio ^ | March 18, 2015 | Kat Chow
    "It's also interesting because I'm actually black, but you assumed otherwise," Jay Smooth told Nancy Giles. Starbucks' campaign to get people talking about race has already birthed a very public, very cringeworthy conversation about race. Jay Smooth, a radio DJ and video blogger, was on MSNBC's All In With Chris Hayes Tuesday night, discussing the coffee company's "Race Together" campaign with fellow guest Nancy Giles, a contributor to CBS Sunday Morning. As they discussed the efficacy of a campaign like Race Together — with Giles defending it and Smooth pushing back — Hayes played one of Smooth's most popular videos,...
  • Dear Liberal Racists At Starbucks…

    03/18/2015 7:08:33 PM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 26 replies
    Lowder With Crowder ^ | Posted on March 17, 2015 | Kira Davis
    When you go to your local Starbucks, you expect a few things – mediocre coffee at an exorbitant price, unnecessarily complicated drink orders and a plethora of laptop users deeply engaged in finally writing that novel they’ve had knocking around in their head since they first gave up on their hopes and dreams, switching their major from Romantic Literature in the Era of Feminism to Medical Billing. What you don’t expect to encounter is a deep, burgeoning discussion about race. Starbucks CEO Howard Schulz has announced a new initiative (can you really call anything done at a coffee shop an...
  • Starbucks brews backlash with debate on U.S. race relations

    03/18/2015 4:31:19 PM PDT · by Signalman · 109 replies
    Reuters | 3/18/2015 | Lisa Bartelein, Bill Rigny
    <p>Reuters) - Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz has deftly navigated thorny issues such as gay marriage, gun control and Congressional gridlock, but his move to weigh in on U.S. race relations has brewed up a social media backlash.</p> <p>The world's biggest coffee chain kicked off the discussion when it published full-page ads in major U.S. newspapers earlier this week with the words "Shall We Overcome?" at center page and "RaceTogether" and the Starbucks logo near the bottom.</p>
  • Fox's Bolling and Kilmeade Think Starbucks' Race Campaign a Good Idea

    03/18/2015 1:54:31 PM PDT · by ConservativeTeen · 50 replies
    Mediaite ^ | March 18, 2015 | Evan McMurry
    Starbucks’ #racetogether campaign, in which baristas are instructed to begin conversations on race with customers, drew bipartisan mockery yesterday, to the point that a Starbucks executive had to shut down his Twitter account. But the Seattle coffee chain has two defenders, at least: Fox News hosts Brian Kilmeade and Eric Bolling. “I like this idea,” Bolling said on The Five last night, getting a double-take from Juan Williams. “I think it’s a great way to start the conversation. …Fantastic that they are going to take the discussion from behind the counter to the people.”
  • Starbucks joins the race debate as clashes in Ferguson and elsewhere escalate tension

    03/18/2015 1:04:48 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 43 replies
    Starbucks' campaign aimed at encouraging people to talk about race relations in the U.S. is the latest example of a big company trying to tie its brands to big social issues. But the move, which has sparked backlash on social media, also illustrates how those efforts can fall flat if customers don't see a clear correlation between the cause and the company's products. U.S. workers for the coffee chain that is best known for its Frappuccinos have been told to write "Race Together" on cups. The company also plans to start publishing "conversation guides" on the topic, with questions like...
  • Starbucks hit by 'cascade of negativity' after ordering staff to talk racism with customers: [tr]

    03/18/2015 7:42:39 AM PDT · by C19fan · 192 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | March 18, 2015 | Jake Wallis Simpson
    Twitter has ruthlessly mocked Starbucks campaign for the company's new anti-racism campaign in which baristas talk to customers about race issues while serving their coffee. One user tweeted, 'I don't have time to explain 400 years of oppression to you & still make my train', while another pointed out, 'y'all realize there are no coloured hands in the press photos right'. A third speculated, 'maybe Starbucks actually wanted to get people of all races & ethnicities to join hands and make fun'.