Posted on 03/21/2015 6:56:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Congratulations, Internet haters! Well done, keepers of the one-true-way-to-talk-about-race!
If we don't tamp down the backlash against Starbucks "Race Together" campaign, I fear that no major corporation will even try to talk about race again -- for maybe 10 or 20 years.
Is that really what we want?
Look, I get it. Asking baristas to hold conversations about race is a lot to demand of already hard-working employees. Not to mention, the topic should probably be called "systematic racism," not just "race." And there are legitimate questions about what Starbucks could realistically hope to accomplish, here.
But for crying out loud! In the past 48 hours, racial justice activists have spilled more digital ink criticizing Starbucks for trying to fight racism than they have against other (actually racist) companies. The truth is that we cannot have it both ways. We cannot demand that companies address race, and then attack them when they try.
Yes, it seems like harmless fun to pile on or retweet the snark. At some point, all of us have enjoyed the cheap thrill one gets by kicking around a big company online. But the cost this time is that no corporation will want to do anything creative or constructive on racial subjects for a very long time....
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Because liberals the the biggest hypocrites ever. They want to dictate how others should live while they separate themselves from their artificial and destructive actions that they unleash.
STFU and give me the coffee in a clean cup would be my first response. But, thinking about it a bit more, maybe a better response is to take the bait , and hold up the line with a deep discussion. “If you aren’t willing to talk about it, why did you ask?”
I’ve been spending more time at a local independent cafe. The atmosphere is nicer. The usual braggy talkers but no gangs of noisy teenagers.
F*** ‘em.
WaWa has better coffee anyway.
F*** Van Jones.
Maybe the barista didn’t know how to spell “together.”
LOL!!
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