“If SBUX said, “In honor of black history month, we’re hiring 10000 blacks.” they’d have the same problem.”
Starbucks also has an initiative to hire 10,000 Veterans.
That policy is not discriminatory against non veterans.
The moment Starbucks says “In our stores in the United States we will only hire people that are not Refugees,” there will be a problem.
From the EEOC website:
“The law makes it illegal for an employer or other covered entity to use an employment policy or practice that applies to everyone, regardless of national origin, if it has a negative impact on people of a certain national origin and is not job-related or necessary to the operation of the business.”
So by granting favorable treatment to refugees they create a negative impact on those of non refugee countries.
Also, under EEOC, Veterans are not a protected class.
However, the disabled are, which include disabled veterans.
Oops, pasted copied wrong para from eeoc site in post 108. Should be this:
“National origin discrimination involves treating people (applicants or employees) unfavorably because they are from a particular country or part of the world, because of ethnicity or accent, or because they appear to be of a certain ethnic background (even if they are not).”
So, again, non refugee countries are treated unfavorably.