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Starbucks hit by 'cascade of negativity' after ordering staff to talk racism with customers: [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^
| March 18, 2015
| Jake Wallis Simpson
Posted on 03/18/2015 7:42:39 AM PDT by C19fan
Twitter has ruthlessly mocked Starbucks campaign for the company's new anti-racism campaign in which baristas talk to customers about race issues while serving their coffee. One user tweeted, 'I don't have time to explain 400 years of oppression to you & still make my train', while another pointed out, 'y'all realize there are no coloured hands in the press photos right'. A third speculated, 'maybe Starbucks actually wanted to get people of all races & ethnicities to join hands and make fun'.
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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: corporateliberalism; endwhiteshaming; obamasracewar; race; racedialogue; starbucks
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Stealing a line from a clever freeper, "Shut Up and Brew My Coffee".
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:42:39 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
I don’t allow white people to lecture me on how hard it is to be black.
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:44:03 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: C19fan
I'll have double-latte with a lecture about white privilege on the side.
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:46:41 AM PDT
by
AU72
To: C19fan
We should have fun with this. They bring it up, talk about the knockout game,,,
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:47:28 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:47:37 AM PDT
by
BlackAdderess
("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
To: C19fan
Taking numbers off the top of my head - 50 percent of their customers are going to be offended by their inclusion of racism into their coffee sales. And the other 50 percent are going to be upset because their coffee is going to take just that much longer to get to them.
Smooth move, Starbucks.
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:47:39 AM PDT
by
Slyfox
(I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever)
To: C19fan
Agreed or will they charge you more for saying something that is not in agreement with their company views?
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:48:11 AM PDT
by
hsmomx3
To: C19fan
Would you like some cream and sugar with your indoctrination?
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:48:14 AM PDT
by
allendale
To: C19fan
“400 years of oppression” -
tell the Jews about it.
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:49:18 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: hsmomx3
Nahh, they’ll just piss in your coffee.
To: All
If’n the white man would just get his foot up offamy throat I could be somebody!
To: AppyPappy
Nobody anyone alive today need suffer guilt for slavery or racism in which they were not a part; nor, for the same reason, blame anyone alive today.
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:50:06 AM PDT
by
luvbach1
(We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
To: allendale
No, I want mine “tall dark black” _without_ a side of condescension & imputed guilt.
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:50:40 AM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
To: C19fan
Starbucks forgot about the most important part about customer service...
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:50:49 AM PDT
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:51:02 AM PDT
by
Kozak
("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
To: Sherman Logan
It’s why I avoid McDonalds and the Jose/Maria Spit Burger Big Mac at McDonalds..
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:51:34 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: C19fan
I’ve never understood Starbux but they must be brilliant managers.
Selling a Corolla at a Lexus price is stunningly profitable.
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:52:09 AM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
To: C19fan
Howard Schultz, boss of Starbucks, told baristas to write 'RaceTogether' on cups in an effort to stimulate debate about racism I heard about this on the radio. Without a doubt, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Here you have a company that sells high-end coffee products to people who are frequently in a rush to get to work and this clown wants his employees to engage them in a discussion on race. Hey...Howard! When you're done rearranging the deck furniture on the Titanic, give us a call.
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:52:11 AM PDT
by
econjack
(I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
To: C19fan
To: C19fan
Dunkin Doughnuts or somebody should run a Planet Fitness style “judgement free zone” style ad campaign!
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posted on
03/18/2015 7:52:20 AM PDT
by
BlackAdderess
("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
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