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Starbucks Campaign Already Inspiring Awkward Conversations About Race
National Public Radio ^ | March 18, 2015 | Kat Chow

Posted on 03/19/2015 10:53:15 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: ctdonath2

As MrB said, they can scold somebody else. I’m not interested, not in the least.


41 posted on 03/19/2015 11:50:31 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Genoa

Down South, coffee without cream or sugar is “black and barefoot”. Wonder how that’d go over?

Or maybe baristas are trained to push customers to order coffee with more ingredients since plain black coffee has the lowest profit margin.

Never been to Starbucks since I drink black coffee at home, & this latest PC drill further insures that I never will.


42 posted on 03/19/2015 11:51:27 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel. My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I will never visit a Starbucks but if someone asked me about race I would ask them “ Why does over 90% of blacks vote for Obama? Isn’t that racist?”


43 posted on 03/19/2015 11:57:43 AM PDT by bestintxas (Every time a RINO is defeated a founding father gets his wings.)
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To: elcid1970
FReepers have reported being corrected by baristas for ordering black coffee.

"My apologies. I like it straight, please."

(Seriously, what word are you supposed to use to describe the colour of a substance that absorbs nearly all visible light?)

44 posted on 03/19/2015 11:59:57 AM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: RansomOttawa

Unadulterated?


45 posted on 03/19/2015 12:03:41 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: RansomOttawa

Pure?


46 posted on 03/19/2015 12:04:11 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s already awkward enough being served coffee from someone with a nail driven through their nasal septum and rocking holes in the ear-lobes the size of nickels. Now, I have to discuss how I’m somehow to blame for the 77% out-of-wedlock birthrates in the black community?


47 posted on 03/19/2015 12:07:57 PM PDT by headless_thompson_gunner
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To: RansomOttawa

Negro por favor?


48 posted on 03/19/2015 12:08:17 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: RansomOttawa

“That’s homophobic!!!”

;^)


49 posted on 03/19/2015 12:16:33 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel. My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
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To: elcid1970

Tell them you like it black and strong, just like your women.


50 posted on 03/19/2015 12:25:32 PM PDT by csvset
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My kids are deglo white.
One was offered a $100 tanning card because the person couldn’t stand their color. Kid said I’m not damaging my skin for you.
Been asked often, Do you take arsenic? Are you sick?
Told, Don’t wear a white t shirt to gym. It hurts our eyes.
Called vampire, transparent, etc.
Had to get over 4.0 to get an iPad. Friend got one due to having melanin.
They actually have to work because they are the wrong color.


51 posted on 03/19/2015 12:33:07 PM PDT by Suz in AZ
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To: elcid1970

This may be an urban legend because the baristas do not add cream or milk to any coffee. The customer does that him/herself at the condiments station.


52 posted on 03/19/2015 12:39:30 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; newgeezer

I quit buying Taco Bells because they always want a dollar donation to “Help the chilllllldren”. Just the food please!!!


53 posted on 03/19/2015 12:40:54 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (No one can come to me unless the Father who sent Me draws him.)
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To: Hulka

I worked for a guy who would get all kinds of state and VC funding, grants, etc because he applied as a minority (African American) business owner. Whiter than white Jewish fellow, born and raised in South Africa.


54 posted on 03/19/2015 12:42:40 PM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow ("I'm not questioning your honor...I'm denying its existence." - Tyrion Lannister)
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To: csvset

Well...the expression usually goes, “I like my coffee black & sweet, just like my women!”

I believe however that the most volcanic barista reaction will come when a customer orders “coffee, straight, please”.

There are going to be lots of disgruntled Starbucks customers heading for Dunkin’ Donuts where there are no confrontational baristas ready to lecture & scold.


55 posted on 03/19/2015 12:43:09 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel. My bullets are dipped in pig grease.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Al Sharpton should start a fishing show about race. He could call it Race Baiting.


56 posted on 03/19/2015 12:44:33 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hillary 2016! Because we don't have anybody else! - The DNC donors)
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To: texas booster
“But on top of all of that, I am clearly brown-skinned and people are always saying to me, ‘You talk white, you act white, you wanna be white, you white,’” she responded

According to Nancy Giles, she is not considered 'black' by dark skinned, racist, illiterate thugs because she's not a dark skinned, racist, illiterate thug.

So, in the final analysis it has nothing to do with skin color. It is a cultural thing. So y'alls bettuh start t' talkin' ghetto. Or day gonna whip yo azz.

57 posted on 03/19/2015 12:59:00 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Where am I to go now that I've gone too far?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Can we complain that there are so many black criminals?


58 posted on 03/19/2015 1:16:15 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“Some do have a chip on their shoulder.”

Some?

LMAO


59 posted on 03/19/2015 2:48:37 PM PDT by Canedawg
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To: elcid1970

Tell the barista to make it a Grande glass for herself.


60 posted on 03/19/2015 3:08:45 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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