Starbucks Is Closing All Its U.S. Stores for Diversity Training Day. Experts Say That’s Not Enough
Corporations often employ knee-jerk reactions and swift changes to appease an enraged public when controversy arises.
In Starbucks’ case, it was the announcement that all U.S. stores would close Tuesday, May 29 for a “racial bias education day” after a Philadelphia-based employee called the police on two black men — Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson — who sat in the store for several minutes in April.