Starbucks is shutting 8,000 US stores on May 29 to conduct bias training

Starbucks is involved in a race profiling allegation and closes US stores owned by more than 8,000 companies in May for racial bias training

In a statement posted on the company's website today (April 17), the company will lead a cup of coffee to approximately 175,000 employees at stores and headquarters and adopt a training program to become a new employee Announced. It is a part of boarding procedure. The store will be closed for training on Tuesday afternoon of May 29.

The news came after the commotion began in Philadelphia's Starbucks location on 12th April. Two black people were asked to leave the store. After saying that a man who has not purchased anything waits for a friend, the manager called the police and the man was arrested for a trespass. Since then, the protesters closed the store, Starbucks CEO and executive chairman visited Philadelphia and tried to calm the storm.

This was not the first time Starbucks closed a store for a company-wide training program - in 2008, we closed a three-hour cafe and taught employees how to make coffee - but this is a serious matter It is a measure.

For companies claiming to have progressive value, claims of racial prejudice are hurt. In a previous statement, CEO Kevin Johnson stated that employee training had failed. "Unfortunately, our practices and training have bad consequences, the basis for calling Philadelphia police is wrong."

Starbucks said it plans to provide training materials to other companies after the exercise next month.

On May 29, more than 8,000 Starbucks stores in the US closed their racial prejudice training courses. Starbucks will use this training as a public relations worker and arrest two black customers at Philadelphia Starbucks and will deal with the anger of the manager who will prevent such incident from happening in the future. Unfortunately, training of racist prejudice often fails, especially when an inexperienced trainer completes. Indeed, Starbucks is a well-known training host that is not an experienced comprehensive and comprehensive training expert, like Hip-Hop Star Common or Starbucks, and has not experienced discrimination-free training .

At the same time, Starbucks announced on Tuesday that it would shut down its 8,000 stores on the afternoon of May 29 and carry out "race bias training" with other training programs. This news was a direct reaction to the incident on 12th April arrested while two black men were waiting for friends at the Philadelphia coffee shop.

In response, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson quickly decided Starbucks would close 8,000 stores in its US store on May 29 for anti-bias training of the day. This movement is not limited to symbolic ones. It certainly will cost you a Starbucks millions of dollar income (and money spent on training), and it recognizes the business value of building a more comprehensive workplace and community. Solving prejudices is an ongoing task and not a one-time training, but it is an important first step to building a comprehensive environment.