I think the black community should sue Starbucks. How insulting that they’ve decided they’re ‘too upscale’ for black people...
Time to sue.
I think if I were them I'd cut a deal with local black leaders to give them a franchise for free, provided it's opened in those locations.
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.