Guess I better not order my coffee ‘black’ any more?
Yea sure, they really want to talk about the large problem with racism in the black community?
Cue the tough discussions of half and half.
“because we can’t leave this to someone else.”
A coffee company????
Maybe they should tackle world peace while they are at it.
#BlackCoffeeMatters....
Apparently if you ASK your barista about the “Race Together” logo on your overpriced cup of burned s***, then he/she will engage you in dialogue on racial issues in America.
Otherwise they ain’t sapposta get in yo face on race.
My daughter was a barista and was treated very well, one of their youngst managers before turning 20.
After watching her stint there, one discovers that Starbucks is not selling coffee. Starbucks sells pseudo-friendship. All the baristas have fan-bases who talk to the customers and are like a corner bartender.
My daughter received at least 15 invitations to Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners and during her barista time, we could not go out to dinner or lunch on the town without a number of her fans coming over to say hello.
These fans had really no interest in my daughter, but instead she provided a connection so sorely lacking in many lives. Someone who is happy to see you, knows your name and asks after you.
So some people come to their Starbucks 2 or 3 times a day for connection with “their” barista.
On some level this reminds me of the onion-peeling scene in the Tin Drum.
Tackling race relations/honest conversation about race ALWAYS means-—how can whites devise new ways to kiss the butts of minorities.
I’ll just stick with Tim Horton’s or brew my own, thanks.
If I want Starbucks I wait for the ground stuff to go on a clearance sale at the Supermarket
Fine. When they decide to get back to being a coffee company again, I may or may not decide to patronize them. Social justice warriors can kiss my sorry butt.
The CNN article on this has some great twitted comments dealing with:
How much of a profit Starbucks makes off of coffee beans bought from poor farmers.
Lack of diversity in Starbucks corporate leadership.
The role Starbucks plays in fostering gentrification.
They must have been threatened by Je$$e Jack$on.
Hey Starbucks,
You’re in business to sell COFFEE, not change society.
I love some of your stuff, but I am THROUGH with it.
If I want coffee, I’ll go somewhere the employees aren’t required to preach at me.
Isn’t this what THEY scream about Christians??? - That Christians JAM their religion down people’s throats???