Topic: #RaceTogether
started by: Leisher
Posted by Leisher on Mar. 19 2015,11:45
Starbucks' CEO wants his employees to write that on cups and encourages people to talk to his employees about race. This is an ignorant idea. I get his heart is in the right place, but this isn't the place for this conversation. This is dangerous.
All it takes is one argument that leads to an assault or a murder.
Beyond that, imagine the lawsuits that will follow. If I was a shareholder, I'd be pissed.
How can it go wrong? < Here's a black woman being openly racist to another black person she thinks is white while discussing this very topic. >
Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 19 2015,11:48
It reminds me of the Seinfeld where Elaine thinks she's in an interracial relationship."You're not black?"
"No. You're not Hispanic?"
Posted by Leisher on Mar. 19 2015,11:59
I loved three things about it:1. She was being ridiculously racist towards someone she perceived as white, and nobody is focusing on that fact.
2. She is so used to sticking her foot in her mouth she almost no sold her embarrassment.
3. She never apologized.
Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 19 2015,12:15
This dude's biological father is black.
Even with a birth certificate, you'd have a hard time convincing most people of that.
Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 19 2015,13:32
Maybe it will get people to realize that categorizing people by race is dumb, like that woman hopefully realized.
Posted by Vince on Mar. 20 2015,03:28
I can't imagine this won't quietly go away at Starbucks. People are mocking them pretty hard. Kind of self aggrandizement to think that people need their coffee shop in order to broach tough subjects like race. It's pretty much all the stuff that the average joe complains about Starbucks being proven right.
Posted by Leisher on Mar. 26 2015,10:56
< Program abruptly ended. >
Posted by GORDON on Mar. 26 2015,10:58
What a bunch of douchebags.