naturalgyrl5199
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Okay great. I typed my post before I read this comment. I am happy. Sbux stock must be dropping let me check the numbers on my app.BTW... Five Bucks fired the manager...
Okay great. I typed my post before I read this comment. I am happy. Sbux stock must be dropping let me check the numbers on my app.BTW... Five Bucks fired the manager...
Not happy that I still have money on a Starbucks gift card that I got with my credit card rewards.
I'll take a long break from Starbucks (it'll be easy - I haven't been there in a couple of months anyway), then I'll use up what's left on my gift card, then I'm finished with them.
My guess is they fought to stay a little harder because they were invited. Not too long ago, for business, I was invited to meet at a Starbucks and I almost said yes but thought about how I didn't care for that crowded and type of people and decided for somewhere else instead. I didn't want to explain to anyone why I have been sitting there with no purchase.Furthermore if a business doesn't want my money you will not catch me begging to stay or refusing to leave. I will gather my belongings with a hearty peace out. There are too many alternatives out here. Bye!
I definitely can’t and don’t boycott everything. I never shop at H&M so that was easy. Don’t like Dove soap. I’m boycotting Starbucks because I have two black sons and that could easily be one of them in the future. It’s as simple as that. And some overpriced latte isn’t worth it to me.I’m head strong as all out, but when police come by and are involved, I rather move along than go back and forth with them
because they have shown time and time again that they can maim, assault and kill people of color with no repercussions. Proving a point in Starbucks is not worth my life, period.
Anyways, I drink Starbucks maybe 4-5 times per month. I won’t be boycotting bc I’m tired of boycotting everytime a racist service employee does something offensive to a Black person. It’s tiring and feels like a black tax. These employees are just one person in a multi million corporation. If the company didn’t issue an apology, then fine I would boycott, but they did and are taking action.
My guess is they fought to stay a little harder because they were invited. Not too long ago, for business, I was invited to meet at a Starbucks and I almost said yes but thought about how I didn't care for that crowded and type of people and decided for somewhere else instead. I didn't want to explain to anyone why I have been sitting there with no purchase.
Oh my, how noble of them.Starbucks is trying to stay in front of this! I appreciate this.. IMHO, SB does a lot for their employees and I see a lot of minorities working there...
Oh boy
I saw on yahoo that the manager is "no longer working there".@HappilyLiberal
Where did you see that the manager was fired from Starbucks? I haven’t seen that info yet
He might as well have said All Lives Matter and be done with it...This dude...
I am proud of my downtown associates today. The line at Starbuck's, which is usually out the door and around the corner, was almost non-existent this morning. I am sure Dunkin Donuts was happy with their newfound patronage today.
This ridiculous racism/fear/bigotry/stereotype crap has got to stop!
I see the 15th which was yesterday. since i posted it, their ratings have gone from 2.5 stars to 1 star and it's now a little over 2000 reviews. Wonder what's taking them so long. lolIt says they are doing a clean up on the 18th of any posts that are only news related. I hope people continue posting so that yelp has to keep some of the posts. As long as people make sure to mention the items there that they purchased before trashing their treatment of black people, I think their reviews will have to stay.
I saw on yahoo that the manager is "no longer working there".
Question is, are they on temporary leave, to take a job at another location when the buzz dies down? Or were they actually. fired.?
WHAT?!?!?!?!?Shaun King posted a video of another incident at Starbucks. Black man asks for the code to use the bathroom and is denied. He runs into a white man coming out of the bathroom and finds out he got the code without buying anything. When he confronts the employees the cashier tells him to leave and has security escort him out. I’m on my phone so I can’t post the video but I’ll post it when I get back to my computer unless someone else posts it first.
Are you an African American?Starbucks which has a Black female COO, Starbucks which employs many minority youth, Starbucks which at times is the only communal space for community members to use free WiFi in certain gentrifying communities (Harlem, Washington Heights, the Bronx) etc. The same Starbucks that let’s the friendly neighborhood vagrants get free water or bathroom use without being harassed. Yes, this Starbucks should be boycotted bc of videos of racist low tier employees. There are racists any and everywhere in society and when they show their behind, they need to be fired and a swift message from corporate needs to follow. Starbucks did that. So no I’m not boycotting...they do not have a long history of being racist or employing racist practices, IMO.
Folks be joining boycott band wagons everytime some video or roots article is posted. Do you, but that mess is tiring and half of the boycotters probably forget what they’re mad about 3 weeks later when the next uproar happens...
Oh no. I'm pretty sure the charges will be dismissed especially if they know what is good for them.I visit a SB about once or twice a year, so it’ll be easy for me to boycott. I’m sad for those two men who had no police record, will now be a part of the criminal justice system.
This dude...
Are you an African American?
Okay so what are people doing about this. We should blow this up as well so that we can see that this is not just a "one time" incident. It is happening all over the country.There’s another SB incident on video that has surfaced.
Starbucks which has a Black female COO, Starbucks which employs many minority youth, Starbucks which at times is the only communal space for community members to use free WiFi in certain gentrifying communities (Harlem, Washington Heights, the Bronx) etc. The same Starbucks that let’s the friendly neighborhood vagrants get free water or bathroom use without being harassed. Yes, this Starbucks should be boycotted bc of videos of racist low tier employees. There are racists any and everywhere in society and when they show their behind, they need to be fired and a swift message from corporate needs to follow. Starbucks did that. So no I’m not boycotting...they do not have a long history of being racist or employing racist practices, IMO.
Folks be joining boycott band wagons everytime some video or roots article is posted. Do you, but that mess is tiring and half of the boycotters probably forget what they’re mad about 3 weeks later when the next uproar happens...
This dude...
Here's the video of the incident.Shaun King posted a video of another incident at Starbucks. Black man asks for the code to use the bathroom and is denied. He runs into a white man coming out of the bathroom and finds out he got the code without buying anything. When he confronts the employees the cashier tells him to leave and has security escort him out. I’m on my phone so I can’t post the video but I’ll post it when I get back to my computer unless someone else posts it first.
What is the point of this question? Please miss me with the first gen/immigrant argument, bc I have no patience for that ignorance today.
Anyways, like I said, everyone is entitled to their opinion and people said why they are and are not boycotting. I have no ill will to those who choose to boycott. Just don’t question my Blackness bc I choose to sit this one out.
Eta: my question is all the way rhetorical so no need to type out what you think your point is bc I’m not here for it...at all.