Alveda King: If Starbucks wants to end racism, it'll stop funding Planned Parenthood
by Alveda King
| May 29, 2018 12:00 AM
On Tuesday, Starbucks will have a “‘racial-bias education†day for its nearly 175,000 employees in an attempt to sweep under the rug its recent public relations nightmares.
After two African-American men sat in a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering last month, they were arrested for “trespassing.†Ever since, the coffee giant has been doing a mea culpa for the appearance of conducting racist business practices and has announced that no one has to buy anything to sit in one of its coffee shops or use the restrooms. A second racial incident last week in Los Angeles underscored that maybe some racial sensitivity training is in order.
But Starbucks had racism in its corporate identity long before the April arrests. Through its corporate donations, Starbucks contributes to one of the most racist organizations in our nation’s history. Planned Parenthood, the largest single provider of abortions in the U.S., performs more than 300,000 terminations each year.
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