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Originally Posted by n david
I know the Starbucks near here are always very busy, especially between 6AM and 9AM. If people are just sitting around, taking up space and not ordering anything, the business has a right to tell them to take a hike.
And if they refuse to do so, the business also has the right to have them removed by the police.
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I don't believe this was a racial thing. I believe there's more to the story. I would bet money these guys mouthed off to the Starbucks employee and refused to leave or order anything.
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Why would you assume that?
One customer began recording because they felt uncomfortable with the way the staff approached the two black customers and with the fact that the police were called. There were also remarks being made on the side about discrimination by other customers. When the man finally showed up to meet his associates and began telling the officers that this was discrimination because he meets white people there all the time without incident, you can hear customers agreeing.
It sounds like the entire room was uncomfortable with what they were seeing unfold in front of them.
I don't think it was a conspiracy. I don't automatically think the men were mouthy or did anything to have it coming.
I believe a Starbuck's employee just went a little off the deep end with their bigotry. That's one employee, in one Starbucks, out of roughly 25,000 Starbuck's stores. What we see here is the bad press one bigoted manager can bring.
Moral of the story: If at all possible, don't promote racists to management.
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