Starbucks plans to close thousands of stores in the U.S. for a day to train it’s primarily white employees on the art of racial sensitivity, but one Oakland based coffee roasting entrepreneur says the effort isn’t nearly enough. “It feels more like a publicity stunt quite frankly.
Red Bay Coffee has two operations in Oakland and is expanding into Richmond, ktvu.comreports.
“You could think of Red Bay as the black panther movie of the specialty coffee world,” said Konte…. scroll up to hear what else he had to say about the issue via the clip above.
“Red Bay Coffee Roasters in Oakland is an excellent alternative to Starbucks… African American owned with respect for the community Starbucks has offended. #BoycottStarbucks.”
The tweet prompted replies from people asking Red Bay to come to their cities.
Source: Black Owned Coffee Shop Aims to Become Next Starbucks, Minus the Racial Bias
