So from the land of the free, a country which seems to be increasingly ripping itself apart along racial lines, we have another media frenzy over 'racism....
Starbucks had to apologise over last week's arrest of two black men who were waiting to meet someone in a Starbucks in Philadelphia.
Ironically from a chain where you can actually buy a Soy Latte and who have (rather clumsily) tried to recently step outside there core business of selling overpriced coffee, other drinks and snacks into opening dialogues around race in the USA
So the story goes that two black men entered a starbucks coffee shop in Philadephia, one asked to use the restroom and was told it was for customer use only and then the pair sat down having not purchased anything and when asked by the manager if they were going to buy something at that point declined... .
Yes you read that right one of the males involved even states that they had bought their own beverages to the coffee shop so didn't want and or need to purchase a product at that time from the coffee shop....
Having refused to buy anything or leave the police were called and when the men continued to refuse to leave when asked repeatedly and calmly by the cops were arrested without much incident.
Apparently this is all evidence of 'racism' with a host of American progressives lining up to tell us their tales of hours worth of their lives spent loitering in starbucks without buying anything....
Of course even a causal examination of facts rather than biased anecdote would show that its not only defiant black males who get refused bathroom privelleges at starbucks (and presuambly the right to sit it a store having not bought anything or showing any real intention to do so having bought your own drinks along for a meeting) but also heavily pregnant white women and cops. Hell even when said white woman's husband offers to buy something they are still refused!
What's the difference here? The people affected left the stores without delay albeit obviously decided to moan about it later to the news or on social media.
And can anyone actually work out what the hell one of the men involved actually meant when asked effectively why he thought rules that applied to other people didn't apply to him?
So Donte were you in the right or wrong? Because you seem to have not actually answered the question at all? Given that you seem to indicate that right and wrong transcend 'race' presumambly you understand you were wrong in this scenario?
Of course this was followed with the craven promises to fix this apparent problem by the 'woke' CEO of starbucks. .
And even the black police chief cracked under pressure apogising to the men involved after previously pointing out that the officers did nothing wrong. (wouldn't you just love to be an officer on his force knowing he had your back if you were properly executing your duty?)
So yes there is racism in this case but it appears to be that 'people of colour' (to use the popular woke contemporary phrase) should not be held to the same standards Re wrongdoing as 'whites'!
Starbucks had to apologise over last week's arrest of two black men who were waiting to meet someone in a Starbucks in Philadelphia.
Ironically from a chain where you can actually buy a Soy Latte and who have (rather clumsily) tried to recently step outside there core business of selling overpriced coffee, other drinks and snacks into opening dialogues around race in the USA
So the story goes that two black men entered a starbucks coffee shop in Philadephia, one asked to use the restroom and was told it was for customer use only and then the pair sat down having not purchased anything and when asked by the manager if they were going to buy something at that point declined... .
Yes you read that right one of the males involved even states that they had bought their own beverages to the coffee shop so didn't want and or need to purchase a product at that time from the coffee shop....
Having refused to buy anything or leave the police were called and when the men continued to refuse to leave when asked repeatedly and calmly by the cops were arrested without much incident.
Apparently this is all evidence of 'racism' with a host of American progressives lining up to tell us their tales of hours worth of their lives spent loitering in starbucks without buying anything....
Of course even a causal examination of facts rather than biased anecdote would show that its not only defiant black males who get refused bathroom privelleges at starbucks (and presuambly the right to sit it a store having not bought anything or showing any real intention to do so having bought your own drinks along for a meeting) but also heavily pregnant white women and cops. Hell even when said white woman's husband offers to buy something they are still refused!
What's the difference here? The people affected left the stores without delay albeit obviously decided to moan about it later to the news or on social media.
And can anyone actually work out what the hell one of the men involved actually meant when asked effectively why he thought rules that applied to other people didn't apply to him?
So Donte were you in the right or wrong? Because you seem to have not actually answered the question at all? Given that you seem to indicate that right and wrong transcend 'race' presumambly you understand you were wrong in this scenario?
Of course this was followed with the craven promises to fix this apparent problem by the 'woke' CEO of starbucks. .
And even the black police chief cracked under pressure apogising to the men involved after previously pointing out that the officers did nothing wrong. (wouldn't you just love to be an officer on his force knowing he had your back if you were properly executing your duty?)
So yes there is racism in this case but it appears to be that 'people of colour' (to use the popular woke contemporary phrase) should not be held to the same standards Re wrongdoing as 'whites'!
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