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Starbucks baristas stop writing "Race Together" on cups
Yahoo Finance ^

Posted on 03/22/2015 8:16:00 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA

According to a recently released internal memo, Starbucks baristas will no longer write "Race Together" on customers' cups starting Sunday.

Starbucks spokesman Jim Olson says the campaign to create discussion on diversity and racial inequality will continue without the handwritten messages, which are phasing out as originally planned.

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KEYWORDS: dumbideas; racetogether; starbucks
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Yeah, as planned, right, sure.

41 posted on 03/22/2015 8:43:02 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: TomGuy

I think the questions of why no Starbucks in Ferguson was the real impact...


42 posted on 03/22/2015 8:43:03 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Caipirabob

Remember the Thermos


43 posted on 03/22/2015 8:44:15 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Alas Babylon!

Michael Jordan might have said that, but Steve Jobs did too ... :-) ...


44 posted on 03/22/2015 8:44:28 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: lqcincinnatus
of all the corporate tycoons, he is probably not the worse....he grew up hard scrabble IIRC....

but, I used to buy frappachinos for my dtr...no longer....and no more gift cards for my adult children..no more fancy mugs from Starbucks overpriced merchandize...

45 posted on 03/22/2015 8:45:09 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Kozak

I can get behind that movement.


46 posted on 03/22/2015 8:45:47 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Red in Blue PA

Ratsbuck’s ...shut up and serve the coffee. I do get the used coffee grinds for the garden from Starbuck’s so they serve a worthy purpose, ehehehehe.


47 posted on 03/22/2015 8:46:38 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: Bushbacker1

I assume that’s a font. I want it.


48 posted on 03/22/2015 8:46:51 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: rickomatic

there’s not that many blacks in the NW relatively...but there are lots of asians and latinos to pick from...


49 posted on 03/22/2015 8:51:24 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Red in Blue PA
Well, since Starbucks only sells coffee and related items, customers never had to endure, “would you like fries with our discussion of racism” from its baristas. Talk about the mother of DUMB ideas! You just cannot fix stupid. (sarcasm off)
50 posted on 03/22/2015 8:52:05 AM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: CGASMIA68

I go to the best convenience store/gas station in the US too ... QuikTrip (never seen a better one in the country) and I get coffee on the run there, too. It’s not much different from Starbucks for coffee. So I don’t see it as having money to burn but pretty normal.

The only difference between QuikTrip and Starbucks is that I get really fast Internet at Starbucks (faster than any other place I’ve EVER been to) and I use it for my downloads on my iPad, so I don’t burn through my cellular data plan ... :-) ...

AND ... I enjoy my conversations with other regulars at Starbucks on Evangelical Christianity and conservative politics!

What not to like about that?!

Here’s QuikTrip’s website for those who have never been to this FANTASTIC place! They have “Top Tier gasoline” too ... which is the ONLY gasoline I will get for my car!

About QuikTrip
http://www.quiktrip.com/About-QT


51 posted on 03/22/2015 8:52:50 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Outside of the coffee perhaps a very basic question should be asked? What is a ‘racist’?


52 posted on 03/22/2015 8:54:32 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: cherry

They can start by discussing why all the bigwigs are white.


53 posted on 03/22/2015 8:55:00 AM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: AlaskaErik

Save the image and print it on labels.


54 posted on 03/22/2015 8:55:07 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: cherry

Well, in Oregon, blacks were not allowed in the state, per their state constitution. But, they had to change that ... :-) ...


55 posted on 03/22/2015 8:56:48 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Red in Blue PA

You can believe Starbucks suffered and they suffered greatly.

Evidently that company gets some kind of tax break or good locations and yeah, they’re a bunch of stupid libs. But hey take commands from the administration but you got to know Obama’s probably a Starbucks drinker.

But man, we should bow down and thank these people because the LAST thing people want to do over morning coffee is discuss race, I’ll go out on a limb and suggest both blacks and whites didn’t much care for this.

And I’m thinking the baritas hated it, dear Lord they were the innocent messengers.

Someday we’ll all sit around talking about this being the damn dumbest move made by a corporation over the centuries.

It’s NOT what selling coffee is about.

Meanwhile, yon reader, BUY STOCK IN DUNKING DONUTS!

Heh


56 posted on 03/22/2015 8:59:10 AM PDT by Fishtalk
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To: GilesB

I go to the same place I’ve went for year, the gun shop. Walk in get a cup and throw 50 cents into the coffee can, then sit down and listen to the BS.


57 posted on 03/22/2015 9:01:49 AM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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To: lqcincinnatus
This guy is no more than a street bully with money. He thinks he is smarter than you and that you should live according to the tenets of his view of morality.

Isn't that the same thing that the left claims about the Koch brothers and why they should be burned at the stake? The only problem is that there isn't a Kochbucks store to protest and boycott.

58 posted on 03/22/2015 9:02:51 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
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To: Star Traveler

I had to look that up; incredible. FWIW, NJ still had slaves when Oregon started passing those laws, so Yankees should stop pointing fingers...


59 posted on 03/22/2015 9:03:35 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I like Starbucks coffee ok but, outside of a gift card given to me, I haven’t purchased any in years. With this new PC campaign, I have even less reasons to spend $ there. Besides, got me a good Breville espresso machine and brew Lavazza at home. Ummm, Italian coffee heaven!


60 posted on 03/22/2015 9:04:50 AM PDT by Lake Living
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