Posted on 06/14/2023 5:20:34 PM PDT by Twotone
A New Jersey federal jury awarded a white Starbucks manager $25 million after finding the coffee giant fired her because of her race.
Starbucks terminated Shannon Phillips in 2018 after two black men were arrested at a Rittenhouse square, Philadelphia, store, the Daily Mail reported. Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson were waiting for a third person to arrive for a business meeting. The men were refused access to the bathroom since they did not purchase anything. An employee called 911 on the men, and they were detained by police, the Law.com reported.
The arrests caused widespread protests, and Starbucks temporarily closed 8,000 stores so employees could participate in racial-bias education training.
Phillips argued that Starbucks only punished white employees over the incident as a way to repair their public image. The black supervisor of the Starbucks, Paul Skyes, reportedly did not receive any disciplinary action from the company. As a regional manager, Phillips oversaw over 100 stores across Philadelphia, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland and had been with company for 13 years.
She was reportedly instructed to place a white manager of 15 years from another store on administrative leave due to allegations of racial discrimination. Employees claimed that black employees were making less than white employees, but the manager had no control over wages. Phillips pushed back on suspending the manager since she had never seen him display discriminatory behavior.
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Jackpot
Actually it’s needed push-back. Anyone hired/fired based on their race, or even for it to be used as any criteria is highly offensive to me, and is probably illegal on the face of it anyway. So good. I hope there is a torrential flood of such successful litigation. Sue the racists out of business.
Wow! A little GOOD news for a change!
Glad she won but that amount is insane and much of that money is going to the lawyers. Who will those lawyers be representing next?
Wow I think I want a managers job at $tarbucks
I remember this phony “incident”.
Good to see Starbucks forced to pay for this.
It was not as if she just was a supervisor. This was fairly high up in middle management.
That this judgment was imposed in NJ is pretty seismic. No idea if it’s got electoral implications, but it’s not the kind of thing you expect to see in a deep blue state.
I doubt any MSM (leftist) outlets will even report this.
No, the punitive damages are needed to deter large corporations from really bad behavior.
“Sue the racists out of business.”
^^ this ^^
Democrats are evil scum.
I love it! Like my brother says “I don’t buy coffee from a place that sounds like a gay bar” lol
Racial surprise! White woman wrongly fired by Starbucks wins many millions
06/14/2023 12:51:21 PM PDT · by Conservat1 · 18 replies
WND ^ | June 14, 2023
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4160883/posts
Jury: Starbucks must pay white woman $25M for racially motivated firing
06/14/2023 8:55:51 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 41 replies
American Thinker ^ | 06/14/2023 | Andrea Widburg
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4160836/posts
My question:
Who will be verifying that the two black men didn't get a large, under-the-table payoff for triggering the incident?
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