Starbucks Campaign Already Inspiring Awkward Conversations About Race

National Public Radio ^ | March 18, 2015 | Kat Chow

[Billthedrill]

“I like my coffee like I like my women - hot and straight.” Now doesn’t that sound just sil...wait a minute...

[elcid1970]

But the baristas add & blend all the multiple extra ingredients for lattes, don’t they?

[Liberty Valance]

[uncitizen]

Can we ask if it’s true that once you go black, you never go back?....hey I’m talking about the coffee!

[GOPJ]

Is Starbucks racist?

“....there are no Starbucks Coffee Houses...{in}

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.”

http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/jen-kuznicki/why-there-no-starbucks-coffee-house-selma

[Cecily]

Yes, but lattes by definition contain milk, as do cappuccinos. A latte with no milk is just an espresso, and these are all separate menu items at Starbucks.