04-18-2018, 05:31 PM
(04-18-2018, 01:02 PM)PhilHos Wrote: I don't deny that there are many people that would call the cops on black people but not on white people in similar situations, but just because it happened in this particular instance doesn't automatically equate to an implicit bias unless it can be shown that the same person in the same situation did not call the cops on white people who did the exact same thing that these black people did.
MOST customers regardless of race just go ahead and buy the coffee they are going to buy a few minutes later, anyway. And MOST employees are just going to go ahead and give you the key when you ask a second time, or you say you're waiting or whatever (they really have no desire, time or incentive to sit there and argue with you).
It's when those OTHER customers meet those OTHER employees that things can sometimes escalate to the cops being called.
What I'm trying to say is, BOTH customer and employee were most likely assholes. And instead of just firing the guy, Starbucks is having a nationwide day of training
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