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Starbucks appears to be keeping their DEI initiatives, even after losing a big lawsuit. The DEI initiatives are still on the main Starbucks website under the Workforce Diversity at Starbucks page. It says the following: "<em>Starbucks is dedicated to being an inclusive, equitable, accessible and diverse company, with a responsibility to help create opportunity and advance equity in every community we serve. We do this by fostering an inclusive culture that values diverse perspectives and experiences. The way we hire, develop and advance our partners (employees) is fundamental to our commitment to inclusion, belonging, equity and diversity at Starbucks.</em>"<br /><br />Starbucks lost a lawsuit and had to pay a former white manager $25.6 million. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/starbucks-ordered-to-pay-white-former-manager-fired-because-of-race-25-million/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News reported on that in 2023</a>:<br /><br /> <blockquote> <div>Coffee giant Starbucks has been ordered to pay $25.6 million to a former store manager who a jury determined had been fired because she was White. </div> <div> </div> <div>The former regional manager, Shannon Phillips, who oversaw dozens of Starbucks coffee shops, was fired by the company in the aftermath of a 2018 incident that took place at a Starbucks in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood of Philadelphia.</div> <div> </div> <div>The incident involved two Black men in their 20s who were awaiting a third party for a business meeting at the Rittenhouse Square Startbucks when one of them, Rashon Nelson, was denied permission to use the restroom, because he hadn't purchased anything.</div> </blockquote>

You really can't make this stuff up and it does NOT look good for Starbucks. Two baristas have been fired after they intervened and stopped a robbery, protecting people who were in danger. The attempted robbery took place back in December and we're just now finding out what happened with the hero baristas. Riverfront Times reported on the <a href="https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/starbucks-fires-2-baristas-who-collared-robbers-of-south-grand-store-41718553" target="_blank">bad decision by Starbucks</a>:<br /> <blockquote> <p>On Sunday, December 17, two men walked into the coffee shop at 212 South Grand Boulevard in St. Louis, carrying what appeared to be guns and telling everyone in the store to get on the ground and give up any valuables they had on them.  However, when 37-year-old Joshua Noe, of Potosi, struck a patron over the head with his supposed gun, it cracked. Realizing the men were not armed, the would-be victims turned the tables on the would-be robbers.  </p> <p>Two of the people who fought back were store employees Michael Harris and Devin Jones-Ransom. An attorney for Harris says that he was struck in the face, leading to a struggle. Michael Harris was fired from his barista job after helping thwart two would-be robbers.</p> <p>"Harris complied with the robbers' demands until it was no longer an option for himself and others," says Ryan Krupp, who represents the former Starbucks worker. Krupp says that after being struck, Harris realized he needed to take action or risk being killed. Harris, Jones-Ransom and other patrons fought back, eventually managing to subdue Noe until police arrived. Noe's alleged accomplice, Marquise Porter-Doyle, 35, of St. Louis, fled the store but was later apprehended.</p> </blockquote>

Coffee giant Starbucks is accused of going "FULL BUD LIGHT" after people begin calling one of their ad videos "woke." Rukshan Fernando, a member on X, posted a message calling out the big company directly, saying: "Starbucks facing a backlash in India after going full Bud Light. If saturating the market with a mediocre US coffee brand wasn’t bad enough, now they are bringing their woke corporate culture to the Sub-Continent."<br /><br />It seems like the folks in India may think Starbucks coffee is nothing more than average and they don't want the woke culture invading their land. I'd have to say, I agree with Rukshan!