Posted on 03/19/2015 7:46:24 PM PDT by grundle
Starbucks executive Corey duBrowa recently deleted his twitter account, after what he said were abusive comments as a result of his push for a campaign in which his baristas were to engage with customers about race relations.
"I was personally attacked through my Twitter account around midnight last night and the tweets represented a distraction from the respectful conversation we are trying to start around Race Together," duBrowa said. "I’ll be back on Twitter soon."
But the whole point of the conversations he promoted, was to get people talking about what is uncomfortable, and controversial. It seems childish to delete his own twitter account over it.
A story from fastcocreate.com showed just what happens when you walk into a Starbucks wanting to engage in a discussion on race. Pretty much nothing. The baristas are young kids, just trying to do their job and get through the day, and are kind of embarrassed to even bring it up. I kind of feel sorry for them.
It is the fault of the mindless executives who put the Starbucks’ employees through this, which is why I’m not a big fan of boycotts. It’s not the employee’s fault, they just have a job to do, and the money at the top is usually not as hurt as the kids making coffee.
But a friend of mine named Paul made a brilliant point.
If Starbucks wants us to talk about race, let’s start with why they don’t have Starbucks Coffee Houses in some of America’s cities that are mostly black, or have had a racially charged history?
My friend looked up various cities, and found that there are no Starbucks Coffee Houses in many of them.
Places like Highland Park, Michigan, which is at the center of Detroit, is inhabited by a population that is 94 percent African-American. Or in Benton Harbor, Michigan, which is almost 90 percent African-American. There is not a Starbucks in either town.
There is not a Starbucks in East St. Louis, Illinois, in which 98 percent of the population is African-American. Nor is there one in Gary, Indiana, whose population is 85 percent African-American.
The recent remembrance of the march on Selma, Alabama had the president walking down the street with many people who fought for civil rights, but once again, Selma doesn’t have a Starbucks. Neither does Ferguson, Missouri.
Here is the point, if Starbucks wants to have a conversation about race, perhaps they should explain why they are not accessible to most of those they claim to advocate for and champion. If being of a different race than white is higher on their list of desirables, why isn’t Starbucks putting their money where their mouth is?
Does Starbucks take ebit?
Nice try, but I see Starbucks joints in various downscale communities that happen to be mostly white.
More to the point though is, the social commentary on the hypocrisy of the left wingers: They insist on defining "racism" by means of "disparate impact," I.e., if the effect is different on different racial groups, that's racism, no matter what the obvious rationale might be. By left wingers' own criteria therefore, Starbucks is indeed "racist."
Does Starbucks take EBT?
Sorry... I work in an industry where race comes WAY behind profit as a consideration for how to do business. In fact, as far as I can tell, it's not part of the picture at all at the company in which I work. Because that's not part of my world, it didn't occur to me that I should prefer to believe that Starbucks is racist.
Sorry about that. I'll mend my thinking.
Can you use an EBT card at Starbucks?
#BlackCoffeeMatters
Didn’t see your Post before I Posted.
You beat me to it. LOL
No, it has nothing to do with them being Leftist, it has to do with their decision not to locate any stores in Black areas. The decision is clearly based on race.
One simply has to look at the outcome.
That charge is so serious no other evidence should be considered.
Does Starbucks take EBT cards?
Upscale?
Picky?
The one in my town must be bizzaro world Starbucks.
You’re good at hitting all the hot buttons... good enough that you really ought to get out your /s for “sarcasm.”
Nice work.
Twenty miles away, east...there are five Starbucks in Birmingham. I would agree...they only put them in places where people with cash hang out and would pay $4 for a cup of coffee. Gadsden has yet to get a franchise. Guntersville has yet to get one. Generally, it’s hard to convince a guy from Alabama (I’m one) to pay $4 for coffee. My max is generally $1.25 and then things top out.
When I worked at the Pentagon, I tried the Green Tea at Starbucks...which I agree is four-star. However, when you start talking of four bucks for a medium-sized cup of ice tea....something is wrong. If Starbucks ever made a grilled cheese sandwich....I’d take a guess that they’d charge a hefty seven bucks for it.
“Actually for 2 bucks you can get a tall blond at Starbucks”
Wow! That’s much better than the price just outside Reno!
they don’t sell ‘foty’ ounce of Cobra’s there.. they’d have to change their whole marketing strategy....
A bunch of looney-bin leftists pushing their agenda off on to their customers? Sounds like a recipe for a punch in the face to me.
You're probably being sarcastic, but you know what? Starbucks wants us to talk about race, but they haven't done anything to have their brand succeed in any but the neighborhoods that meet their image expectations.
Can't you just see that new Starbucks in the same strip mall as Rally's, White Castle, and that convenience store selling junk foods, beer, tobacco, and marijuana-related products? Will those folk have to say "grande" to get a 20oz coffee?
I love it when Starbucks gets tripped up in their own prejudices, of which they seem to have no self-awareness.
That would be “needs me a”
Like all smart sales businesses, they do demographic studies when determining whether or not it is worth while to put a business somewhere. If the numbers don’t add up, the business doesn’t go up.
You can't be a liberal unless you're childish.
Starbucks - like most white liberal elites - are clueless about race - and about themselves...
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