{"id":66066,"date":"2015-03-20T06:54:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T14:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=66066"},"modified":"2015-03-20T06:58:14","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T14:58:14","slug":"why-is-there-no-starbucks-in-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=66066","title":{"rendered":"Why Is There No Starbucks In Ferguson?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/commentary\/jen-kuznicki\/why-there-no-starbucks-coffee-house-selma\">Jen Kuznicki writes<\/a>: If Starbucks wants us to talk about race, let\u2019s start with why they  don\u2019t have Starbucks Coffee Houses in some of America\u2019s cities that are  mostly black, or have had a racially charged history?<\/p>\n<p>My friend looked up various cities, and found that there are no Starbucks Coffee Houses in many of them.<\/p>\n<p>Places like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/store-locator\/search\/location\/Highland%20Park%2C%20Michigan\">Highland Park<\/a>, Michigan, which is at the center of Detroit, is inhabited by a population that is 94 percent African-American.  Or in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/store-locator\/search\/location\/Benton%20Harbor%2C%20Michigan\">Benton Harbor<\/a>, Michigan, which is almost 90 percent African-American.  There is not a Starbucks in either town.<\/p>\n<p>There is not a Starbucks in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/store-locator\/search\/location\/east%20st.%20louis%2C%20illinois\">East St. Louis, Illinois<\/a>, in which 98 percent of the population is African-American. Nor is there one in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/store-locator\/search\/location\/Gary%2C%20Indiana\">Gary, Indiana<\/a>, whose population is 85 percent African-American.<\/p>\n<p>The recent remembrance of the march on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/store-locator\/search\/location\/selma%2C%20alabama\">Selma, Alabama<\/a> had the president walking down the street with many people who fought  for civil rights, but once again, Selma doesn\u2019t have a Starbucks.  Neither does <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/store-locator\/search\/location\/Ferguson%2C%20Missouri\">Ferguson, Missouri.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is the point, if Starbucks wants to have a conversation about  race, perhaps they should explain why they are not accessible to most of  those they claim to advocate for and champion.  If being of a different  race than white is higher on their list of desirables, why isn\u2019t  Starbucks putting their money where their mouth is?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/starbucks.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/starbucks-172x300.png\" alt=\"starbucks\" width=\"172\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-66068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/starbucks-172x300.png 172w, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/starbucks-587x1024.png 587w, https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/starbucks.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/on-leadership\/wp\/2015\/03\/19\/why-starbucks-chief-howard-schultz-put-himself-at-the-center-of-americas-race-debate\/?wprss=rss_business\">WP<\/a>: &#8220;Critics were also quick to point out that, though 40 percent of the company\u2019s baristas are minorities, the leadership team Schultz is at the head of is overwhelmingly white.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jen Kuznicki writes: If Starbucks wants us to talk about race, let\u2019s start with why they don\u2019t have Starbucks Coffee Houses in some of America\u2019s cities that are mostly black, or have had a racially charged history? 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