"Say It Isn't So!!!"
Posted on 05/29/2018 10:28:07 AM PDT by blam
This afternoon, over 8,000 Starbucks locations will shut their doors so employees can attend diversity training. If you're looking for your afternoon jolt, you'll have to go elsewhere.
Last month, Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks while waiting for a business meeting. A video capturing the arrest went viral. The coffee chain's CEO, Kevin Johnson, issued a personal apology on Good Morning America, calling the incident “completely inappropriate” and “reprehensible.”
“While this is not limited to Starbucks, we’re committed to being a part of the solution,” Johnson said. “Closing our stores for racial bias training is just one step in a journey that requires dedication from every level of our company and partnerships in our local communities.”
The training will focus on racial bias, and the Washington Post reported that employees will talk about their own experiences with bias as well as why biases exist.
Most stores were open for the morning rush today, but will close at 2 p.m. or 3 p.m. this afternoon so employees can attend the training. Over 175,000 people will attend, and the closing it supposed to cost the chain $12 million in revenue. Starbucks locations in airports, hotels, and grocery stores should remain open during regular business hours.
“This is something that has been going on for years, and everyone’s blind to it, but they know it’s going on, if you get what I mean,” Nelson said in an appearance on Good Morning America. “[We want to] help people understand that it’s not just a black people thing. This is a people thing.”
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(Excerpt) Read more at cosmopolitan.com ...
She left Sam's Club in turmoil....now, look at Starbucks.(racial problems, again)
My local one on 1st Avenue between 90th and 91st has only black employees. I’m confused.
I know someone who works there. They extended training from 4 to 5hrs! Hahaha!
She is ultra-lib, and was complaining. So sweet!
Closed???? Where the homeless squatters supposed to go?
If she's a typical SJW, her complaints were probably that she already knew everything about racial diversity and should either be exempted from the training or be paid extra to conduct the training.
Donkey Donuts?
This is a pretty disingenuous statement considering Starbucks is not making blacks attend the program. Which makes the whole thing an exercise in racism.
I don't think it's just racism. It's a "better than thou" attitude not restricted just by race.
JMHO
To assure there are no inadvertant offenses to black employees, they are excluded
Bach degree in chemistry from “ historically black” Spelman.
“Attended” Wharton
Lol. What credentials to head up Sams and Starbucks
A hundred to one she’s just another Affirmative Action Jackson
And she’ll move on to the next guilt ridden company sucka
Why biases exist?
Will anyone mention crime, drugs, and violence? Harassment and reverse discrimination?
That biases are two way streets?
Human resource departments across the country are celebrating this as a victory.
My local public tennis courts are closed today for annual maintenance.
SPEEDWAY!
Expect Starbucks to cease in about a few years as they want to become America’s urinal.
Is their coffee any good?
just as an aside, Rosalind “Brewer” is a good name to have when you work for a coffee company.
Virtue signaling at its finest.
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