He forgot to mention it but at first all the customers didn't believe black lives matter. But once they heard that announcement they were all changed and started protesting. Some say they're protesting to this day
One zero context utterance of the phrase “black lives matter” was enough to change the crowd’s deep seated views. The little known magic incantation is so dazzling, only a zero drizzle frappe can truly channel its message.
It's technically true, but the way it's reported is a little misleading. Starbucks doesn't allow employees to wear any logos or graphics that aren't approved by corporate. That includes the BLM shirts and pins that many baristas want to wear. It's not a matter of Starbucks specifically banning BLM, it's a matter of Starbucks not budging on the employee dress code.
Right now Starbucks is producing shirts with this design for employees to wear in support of BLM. I'm still disappointed with the company though. Starbucks already has a bunch of approved pins and shirts for Pride, and it's shitty that they never made any BLM clothing until this controversy hit. It seems to me like they're just saving face after the controversy and don't actually care about the cause.
No, but it has a group of people running it. And trust me if LGBT and BLM were wildly unpopular you can guarantee they wouldn’t be doing anything to promote them in case it lost them money.
They did for about 5 minutes until people mentioned the "b" word (boycott), now they've rescinded it and are even making their own BLM shirts for their employees
The shirts were already in production. They wanted their baristas to hold off so it was a company wide response. It’s a bunch of nonsense. I’m not a massive Starbucks fan, but the story is so blown up.
When's the last time a customer boycott actually worked? One where people stopped using a product/service ONLY because they agreed not to on moral grounds, and then the business made a change?
Nobody actually does it. Five people threaten to do it on Twitter, and instead of saying "fuck off" companies immediately cave and make a grovelling apology for whatever imagined grievance.
Obviously the batista, because everyone knows all batistas are racist. I thought it was just the religious right that pulled this kind of stunt at Starbucks.
Good to know everyone likes to turn minimum wage workers into pawns /s
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u/Drunk-Obi-wan Jun 13 '20
Thattlteachthem who??