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Default Starbucks Excludes Jewish Group From Anti-Bias Training Amid Pressure From Activists

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In response to public backlash after a store manager called the cops on two African Americans for staying too long without purchasing something, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson announced the closure of over 8,000 stores on May 29 for mandatory, company-wide racial sensitivity training. But a change to the company's plans suggests that Starbucks' much-publicized "unconscious bias" training is not without its own bias.

"Bowing to pressure from African-American activists, Starbucks excluded the Anti-Defamation League from an upcoming daylong anti-bias training session," Politico reported Monday.

The ADL, a group dedicated to combating anti-Semitism, was originally asked by Starbucks to help develop the curriculum for the anti-bias training, but now they will only play an advisory role in the much-hyped training session.

As Politico details, the change comes after some high-profile anti-Israel African-American activists — including a Women's March leader who made headlines in recent months after attending a Louis Farrakhan event and the founder of an anti-"police terror" group — publicly condemned Starbucks for including the Jewish group. Politico reports:

“The ADL is CONSTANTLY attacking black and brown people,” Women’s March organizer Tamika Mallory posted on Twitter. “This is a sign that they are tone deaf and not committed to addressing the concerns of black folk.” Mallory came under fire earlier this year after attending a Feb. 25 speech by Louis Farrakhan in which the Nation of Islam leader said “the Jews have control over" the FBI.

Cat Brooks, the co-founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project, told ABC News that she agreed with Mallory, saying, "You can't be a piece of an anti-bias training when you openly support a racist, oppressive and brutal colonization of Palestine."

The Washington chapter of Black Lives Matter, meanwhile, tweeted that the ADL was "ultra pro-cop," and cited a 2016 letter in which [ADL CEO Jonathan] Greenblatt said "ADL has not endorsed the Black Lives Matter movement" because "a small minority of [its] leaders ... supported anti-Israel — and at times anti-Semitic — positions." Greenblatt's letter didn't identify the leaders in question.

Jewish online magazine Tablet also reported on Starbucks' decision to "kick out" the ADL from its bias training session. As Tablet's Liel Leibovitz notes, the ADL's Greenblatt was originally one of four leaders of anti-discrimination groups tasked with creating the curriculum. While the other three leaders are still helping lead the training, Starbucks' April 24 press release on the training session revealed that Greenblatt had been removed from the list leaders:

[Starbucks] named the four experts it said will help lead the effort: Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative, Heather McGhee of the liberal think tank Demos, and Jonathan Greenblatt, the ADL’s CEO. But Tamika Mallory, a leader of the Women’s March and vocal supporter of Louis Farrakhan, objected, saying in a tweet that the ADL was an organization dedicated to “constantly attacking black and brown people.”

Mallory’s bigoted observation might’ve swayed someone at Starbucks: Last week, the chain announced that while the other three experts will still lead the training, Greenblatt will not, and that the ADL will now be demoted to a secondary role alongside “a diverse array of organizations and civil rights experts” that will provide limited consulting to Starbucks.

When Politico reached out to Starbucks to find out why the Jewish group was conspicuously being excluded, a Starbucks representative denied that political pressure had anything to do with the decision and suggested the Jewish group would play more of a role in future training sessions, just not this one.
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"What a painful irony that, in their attempt to combat racial stereotyping, Starbucks has given in to purveyors of other hatreds."

Starbucks' stumbling attempt to prove its commitment to combating bias has officially created a new enemy after the company apparently caved to bigoted voices. "What a painful irony that, in their attempt to combat racial stereotyping, Starbucks has given in to purveyors of other hatreds," a Jewish progressive group said Tuesday.

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson has attempted to turn the PR crisis started by a viral video of two young black men being arrested in a Philly Starbucks into an opportunity to virtue signal about the company's commitment to purging "unconscious bias" from its ranks by closing over 8,000 stores on May 29 for some anti-discrimination training. But on Friday, the company revealed that it has decided to exclude the head of a Jewish group from its panel of experts for the training session, a move that followed a series of vitriolic statements from racial activists against the group and Israel.

Starbucks' decision to remove Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt from its training session has not gone unnoticed. On Tuesday, the Jewish progressive group Zioness, "a coalition of activists and allies that express their Zionist and progressive values through collective action," publicly denounced Starbucks for caving to anti-Israel and anti-Semitic voices. Here is the group's full statement as reported by The Algemeiner:

What a painful irony that, in their attempt to combat racial stereotyping, Starbucks has given in to purveyors of other hatreds. Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour (two well-known activists who have assailed the ADL) have no authority lecturing anyone — especially one of America’s largest and most influential corporations — on bigotry. Their longstanding adoration of Louis Farrakhan (who has been identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an unabashed antisemite and who preaches hate against the LGBTQ community) should disqualify them from directing any national discourse on discrimination.

As inclusive progressives committed to civil rights and social justice for all people, we are alarmed that the decision-making of a corporate and community leader like Starbucks could be influenced by homophobe-admiring activists who traffic in the worst kinds of anti-Semitic imagery. The ADL has been on the front lines of civil rights advocacy and anti-bias work for more than a hundred years and is uniquely qualified to provide trainings on white supremacy, implicit bias and divisive stereotyping, helping to build stronger, more open and welcoming communities.

Starbucks originally announced four experts who would head up their anti-bias training: Greenblatt, Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative, and Heather McGhee of liberal think tank Demos. Last Friday, Starbucks revealed that Greenblatt had suddenly been excluded from the panel, demoted to a secondary consulting role.

Starbucks' reversal of its original decision to invite Greenblatt to the training came after complaints by Mallory and Cat Brooks, the founder of an "anti-police terror" group, among others. On Monday, Politico highlighted some of the bigoted responses from the activists that eventually resulted in Starbucks "bowing to pressure":

“The ADL is CONSTANTLY attacking black and brown people,” Women’s March organizer Tamika Mallory posted on Twitter. “This is a sign that they are tone deaf and not committed to addressing the concerns of black folk.” Mallory came under fire earlier this year after attending a Feb. 25 speech by Louis Farrakhan in which the Nation of Islam leader said “the Jews have control over" the FBI.

Cat Brooks, the co-founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project, told ABC News that she agreed with Mallory, saying, "You can't be a piece of an anti-bias training when you openly support a racist, oppressive and brutal colonization of Palestine."

The Washington chapter of Black Lives Matter, meanwhile, tweeted that the ADL was "ultra pro-cop," and cited a 2016 letter in which [ADL CEO Jonathan] Greenblatt said "ADL has not endorsed the Black Lives Matter movement" because "a small minority of [its] leaders ... supported anti-Israel — and at times anti-Semitic — positions." Greenblatt's letter didn't identify the leaders in question.
It's like a competition between activist groups between whose voice should be most heard. Or maybe their voices should be heard... but maybe just not in the same room, at the same venue, for the same cause, etc... it's all politics.

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It's like a competition between activist groups between whose voice should be most heard. Or maybe their voices should be heard... but maybe just not in the same room, at the same venue, for the same cause, etc... it's all politics.
What is does demonstrate is they are all a bunch of hypocrites with agendas and only believe in equality when it suits. Same ol, same ol! As you say politics.
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Starbucks should never have pandered to this whole situation in the first place. They bowed to the will of the social media crowd and now they've gotten themselves stuck in an even worse position with all eyes on them.

If they had dealt with the original incident internally in the first place, and refused to engage with the screeching lynch mob, it would have blown over in a week. .
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Starbucks should never have pandered to this whole situation in the first place. They bowed to the will of the social media crowd and now they've gotten themselves stuck in an even worse position with all eyes on them.

If they had dealt with the original incident internally in the first place, and refused to engage with the screeching lynch mob, it would have blown over in a week. .
WOW - THIS is almost EXACTLY what I WAS going to post. Great Points T.S (Obviously )
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Starbucks should never have pandered to this whole situation in the first place. They bowed to the will of the social media crowd and now they've gotten themselves stuck in an even worse position with all eyes on them.

If they had dealt with the original incident internally in the first place, and refused to engage with the screeching lynch mob, it would have blown over in a week. .
Yup. As a corporation the public response should have amounted to "sorry, that sucks, myy baaaaad!"

Closing stores to have pointless stupid "sensitivity training" is going way too far.
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Yup. As a corporation the public response should have amounted to "sorry, that sucks, myy baaaaad!"

Closing stores to have pointless stupid "sensitivity training" is going way too far.
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WOW - THIS is almost EXACTLY what I WAS going to post. Great Points T.S (Obviously )
Pandering to the PC mob once again - why! They are clearly feeling stronger and stronger and keep pushing and demanding. It’s time people started saying NO!

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