Author Topic: Starbucks : Diversity Advisers Call on Chain to Revamp Hiring, Training, Promotion Practices  (Read 590 times)

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Rachel Feintzeig
July 2, 2018

Starbucks Corp. should audit its stores for prejudice against customers, review the racial diversity of its staff and help pay for antibias training for local police, according to a report compiled by outside experts advising the coffee chain on its diversity efforts.

The report was released Monday by Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Heather McGhee, distinguished senior fellow of the think tank Demos.

The pair came on as advisers to Starbucks after an incident in April when a store manager in Philadelphia called the police after two black men who hadn't purchased anything didn't leave the store when asked.

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