Starbucks ended its “Race Together” barista racial lecturing program on Sunday.
The popular coffee house was handing out these race tests last week.
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The race guide asks you to list all of your minority friends.
Instead the website promoted its “Flat White” program.
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The NY Daily News reported:
The java giant is pulling the plug on its controversial “Race Together” campaign, according to a company memo from CEO Howard Schultz.
Baristas were no longer to write “Race Together” on customers’ cups starting Sunday, concluding the most visible part of the company’s diversity and racial equality campaign.
The unorthodox marketing move was supposed to turn the coffee corporation’s stores into impromptu forums for racial dialogues, but even Starbucks staffers seemed confused by it.
Many said they barely had enough time to fill out orders and were never briefed about the campaign before it was launched, the Daily News reported last week.
“While there has been criticism of the initiative — and I know this hasn’t been easy for any of you — let me assure you that we didn’t expect universal praise,” Schultz said Sunday.