This week two Black men in Philadelphia who were waiting for a friend to arrive at Starbucks were arrested for trespassing after the manager called the police [click here if you missed that].
Starbucks announces they are closing all 8000 stores for 1 day of diversity training...
Starbucks Coffee Company today announced it will be closing its more than 8,000 company-owned stores in the United States on the afternoon of May 29 to conduct racial-bias education geared toward preventing discrimination in our stores. The training will be provided to nearly 175,000 partners (employees) across the country, and will become part of the onboarding process for new partners.
FULL INTERVIEW: "I personally apologize..." Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson one-on-one with @RobinRoberts in his first interview after two black men were handcuffed at a Philadelphia store.— Good Morning America (@GMA) April 16, 2018
FULL STORY: https://t.co/4CL5j2lPL7 pic.twitter.com/AVnguPqAxa
Meanwhile another video has surfaced of a Black customer being denied the restroom door code without a purchase while a white customer was given the door code with no questions asked.
Dear @Starbucks,— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) April 17, 2018
Brandon Ward, a BLACK MAN, was about to make a purchase but needed to use the restroom.
They denied him the code.
He saw a WHITE MAN, Weston, coming out of the restroom.
Weston had not made a purchase. They gave HIM the code.
THIS IS RACISM pic.twitter.com/bUainjTz4y
