My nephew "raced". He ran in the LA Marathon and finished. I will be glad to discuss his "race".
Posted on 03/18/2015 1:04:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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 "How have your racial views evolved from those of your parents?"(continued)
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Since I have never been to one I guess I won’t get to say mind your own damn business.
They’re bombarding us with RACE RACE RACE and most are ignoring it and it’s pissing them off
We freepers need to start developing a list of appropriate “converstation” starters any time these “Buffoonistas” serve us a cop with “Race Together” on it.
I’ll start it off...
1. How come you hardly see any blacks working at Starbucks? Are you guys racists?
2. ....
Dunkin Doughnuts new slogan
“just coffee, we don’t want to talk either”
Why is the women on the cup white?
Why is she a women?
She looks thin, why is that?
Why don;t they do something REAL helpful and open up 3 top of the line Starbucks in Ferguson and put their example as proof, and watch the bottom dollar and see how much coffee and profit they make.
I went into Starbucks this morning and offered a latte. Told them I wanted it the color of President 0bama. They all laughed out loud.
ordered, not offered. Sorry, too much latte.
How about a little white guilt with your coffee?
My advice to African-American youth:
1. Stop following the racist race-baiters: Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Jerimiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan, Eric Holder, Michelle Obama, Hussein Obama.
2. Recognize that no one owe you anything for sitting on your back side and doing nothing or being prone and doing something you should not be doing.
3. Take responsibility for your actions.
4. Get an education.
5. Stop making excuses for yourselves.
6. Learn some marketable skills and find a job.
7. Treat women with respect and stop calling them b1tches and whores.
8. Jettison the gangster culture.
9. Stop beating and shooting people.
10. Learn to discern the difference between facts and fictions.
Starbucks should go to Ferguson and hand-out free coffee to all the protesters.
re: “Starbucks joins the race debate as clashes in Ferguson and elsewhere escalate tension.”
Yet one more reason to NOT patronize Starbucks. What a joke. I would hate to be one of the unfortunate employees who has to bring up the “race debate” conversation with customers - especially ones who haven’t had their coffee yet and all this “race conversation” just slows down the process of getting their coffee fix.
This is idiotic.
2. “ I don’t want to talk about race with you, but I do like my coffee black”
Instead of “Race Together”, Starbucks cups should be overwritten,
“Tastes like burned s*** because that’s all that it is!”
Overeducated barista attitude with racial lecture thrown in free, but don’t forget the tip jar.
I’m in awe of Starbux.
It’s like selling a Corolla at a Lexus price, day after day after day.
They must be geniuses.
Mine have devolved.
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