Is Starbucks Racist?

[SunsetBengal]

(04-18-2018, 10:35 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: I actually don't think the majority of incidents like this, or policies, are intended to be racially biased. This is why I talk so much about implicit biases. These are unconscious biases that do, in fact, guide a lot of our decisions in life. I contend that if these were white people, then cops would not have been called. Even if cops had been called, they would not have responded in the way they did. Those things are the result of implicit racial biases.

I understand that principal, I just feel like it get's extrapolated and applied into too many areas in society.  By that same logic, should we condemn laws against dealing drugs on the street because they unfairly target black males?  Should we condemn laws against prostitution because they unfairly target drug addicted females?

Rules and policies are designed with the intent of protecting people's rights from offenders.  In our situation here, Starbucks' right to efficiently conduct business.  Instead of a racial overtone to the Starbucks story, the headline should have been more like "Starbucks cracking down on loitering at busy Metro locations".