Starbucks wants its baristas to talk about race with customers

[KittySlayer]

It already takes long enough to wait for my pour-over.

Well that is probably because one of the side effects of man made global warming is insufficient gravity. If we only had more windmills and solar panels your gravity fed coffee would be ready sooner. Be patient, the government will save you sometime.

 

[findingZzero]

Starbucks will serve you a tall blonde - but it has no body or flavor.

Starbucks has a well earned rep for over roasting their beans, thus the name among coffee geeks, 'Charbucks.' The taste is intense, consistent and appeals to many. I don't mind it and credit SB with bringing good coffee to the American palate. I've been roasting beans on and off for ten years now. The problem with over roasting is it burns out more subtle regional bean flavors. Beans from Africa, Asia S America, Central America are prized for their differences. If you roast it just right (an art) you can capture these differences. If you roast it a bit longer, it all tastes the same. Not bad, but the same. And that's a 100 fold improvement of what used to be served as strong (overcooked) coffee everywhere. Now, it's hard to get a bad cup of coffee anywhere. Fresh Mickey Dee's is quite good.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Or you could just give me my ****ing coffee

 

[Classic]

I do love the SP Sumatra but there is lots of good coffee around that don't have the "coffee artist" trying to do social engineering with me. About done with SB.

 

[PistolBob]

Hit Starbucks twice today...nice hot cup of bold Sumatra both times...$2.35 plus tax...no one asked me about race...just basketball.

 

[eldirector]

Or you could just give me my ****ing coffee

Well lets see....

1) I have no idea
2) Never really thought about it.
3) No idea. They are all just kids
4) That is pretty urban-specific. No blocks or buildings around here. That said, depending on definition, I think there are about 3 "races" represented in our little neighborhood.
5) All of the above? Well, not at home.
6) No idea. Not many folks have a "selfie" as their profile pic.
7) No idea. Never was a big enough deal to keep track of it.
8) We don't get many visitors....of any kind.
9) No idea. We are all "remote" and use messenger or phone for everything. Wouldn't recognize most folks if I saw them in person.
10) No idea. Never paid attention.

What is America's biggest race challenge? Ignoring folks that want to make a big deal out of ancestry.

I have been wondering, what qualifies as "race" for the above questions? I have a friend who's father is Arabic and mother is "caucasian". Does that count? What about my turkish friend? How about someone from India? Are Jews still considered a "race" for the purposes of "racism"? I'm so confused....

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Aaaand, that's that.

Starbucks Ends #RaceTogether Cup Campaign After One Week
Starbucks Taps Out! Company Says Baristas Will No Longer Write ?Race Together? On Cups? | Weasel Zippers

 

[Cygnus]

Aaaand, that's that.

Starbucks Ends #RaceTogether Cup Campaign After One Week
Starbucks Taps Out! Company Says Baristas Will No Longer Write ?Race Together? On Cups? | Weasel Zippers

But I want to taalk to them about how they could further the pro 2nd ammendment agenda by engouraging memebers of all"races" to open carry in their stores........I actually brought htis upo twice this week at 2 different SB's......What can I say Dunkin sucks........

 

[pudly]

Dear Starbucks. Please start a conversation about why your executive team is overwhelmingly white males.

Leadership Team

 

[printcraft]

Dear Starbucks. Please start a conversation about why your executive team is overwhelmingly white males.

Leadership Team

Starbucks needs some diversity in management.

 

[PistolBob]

19 leaders...of that 3 are women, 1 looks black, and two possible Asians....Whats the big deaL

 

[pudly]

To me, absolutely nothing. However, they are the ones wanting the conversation so it is obviously fair game.

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

Just got around to reading this thread. Can believe no one mentioned Louis ck's bit from "chewed up" about coffee and racist words. Not going to link it, nsfw and nsfingo either, probably.

 

[bwframe]

As long as we are talking about race, what aren't we talking about?

Obamacare?
Immigration?
EPA regulating us out of affordable power?
Changing or removing the NFA? Constitutional carry?


It's time for us to start dictating the talking points instead of following theirs.

 

[Indynic]

Aaaand, that's that.

Starbucks Ends #RaceTogether Cup Campaign After One Week
Starbucks Taps Out! Company Says Baristas Will No Longer Write ?Race Together? On Cups? | Weasel Zippers

From both of these articles, the underlying theme is the SB is going to open more stores in minority areas. That tells me that this whole Racetogether ploy, was a bunch of out of touch, rich, liberal white guys in a board room thinking this is how they were going to win over minorities and make their new stores successful in minority areas. What a joke.