{"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":"

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

My friend looked up various cities, and found that there are no Starbucks Coffee Houses in many of them.<\/p>\n

Places like Highland Park<\/a>, Michigan, which is at the center of Detroit, is inhabited by a population that is 94 percent African-American. Or in Benton Harbor<\/a>, Michigan, which is almost 90 percent African-American. There is not a Starbucks in either town.<\/p>\n

There is not a Starbucks in East St. Louis, Illinois<\/a>, in which 98 percent of the population is African-American. Nor is there one in Gary, Indiana<\/a>, whose population is 85 percent African-American.<\/p>\n

The recent remembrance of the march on 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 Ferguson, Missouri.<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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WP<\/a>: “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.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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