as I remember, unconscious means you arent aware of it at all. So how would they ever know they removed it if the afflicted person wasnt aware of it before, and presumably would never know if it was gone> What stupidity.

Personally, I am DONE with all this racism stuff, and how bad it is. As far as I am concerned, I should be free to make up my own mind and then be responsible enough to deal with the consequences of those decisions. If I decide that I want to avoid all black people for example because my personal experience has been that an overwhelming percentage of them are people I dont want to deal with or be around, SO BE IT. I would be giving up the possibility that SOME of them might be good people who would benefit my life= but it should be my decision.

Doesnt mean I should string and of them up in a tree at all.

I am a culturist. I dont like entitled people these days, whether they are white, black, or any other race. They are difficult to deal with honestly and fairly. They think they are entitled to be better than me, and often to take what I have worked for to insure that.

A lot of black people are "entitled blacks", which is too bad for them, actually. Same could be said for "entitled women" or "entitled gays" or "entitled women with entitled screaming children".

Being around other people can be very rewarding and helpful in many ways. But when they are entitled and have no common courtesy, I think I would prefer not being around them.

Any store has the right to ask people who have entered their premise to leave for any reason. It is not an uncommon practice for a business that depends on space and turnover to make a profit to ask those who have not come there for their service to leave. If it had been two white men would Starbucks close their stores and retrain their people for unconsciously (being unaware of their actions) to behave better? How do you train someone to do something that they are unaware of doing? Makes me glad I sold my business and don't deal with people on this level anymore.

This was a set-up in that the incident was staged.

Amazing how little the public cares to investigate the matter. Couple black guys sat down, didn't buy anything, asked to use the bathroom, were asked if they were buying anything, said no, asked to leave, refused, and refused, cops called, refused 3 more times, then finally cuffed for trespassing.

But "blacks arrested for being black in starbucks" is so much easier.

The table and chairs are for Paying customers. By taking those chairs they make the place look busier than it is, thus causing some folks to go elsewhere for their morning shot. The least they could of done, as a courtesy to the manager was order a friggin' coffee. It is not Starbuck's primary goal to provide a convenient meeting place, although there is no problem during slow periods. Having been in the restaurant business, I know that coffee shops rely on breakfast and lunch times for their money and losing any part of that , while it may not be the end-all certainly hurts the day's receipts and it is the manager's job to maximize the cash flow. It's pretty obvious that the two men were militant in their response to her, and sure, that disturbed her. She wasn't looking for trouble but while she could have handled the situation better so could the two guys.

Had nothing to do with the false narrative they call Race! If it had been two white folks...we never would have heard of the episode.

This reminds me. At this time, my daughter (the smallest kid in her class) is being bullied by the biggest boy in the class and he matches the description of the two guys who were arrested. The school is really in a pickle now. If they ask the boy to stop bullying little European girls they may find themselves in trouble. I want to discuss it with the boy's father, but I don't think he has a father. I can see the stress in the vice-principle's eyes...having to deal with this touchy subject. Of course, for me it's not touchy at all. Don't pick on little girls. Any questions? California is crumbling...

This is the part that hit me,
“Starbucks plans to close all of its more than 8,000 US stores on May 29 for racial bias training in light of the incident.”

Can you even imagine a couple of Americans practicing the (Constitutional) right to free speech in the store and being thrown out and then Starbucks being closed for a day to give all the employees respect for free-speech training?

Black Lives Matter!
Because we are descended from slaves~
Black Lives Matter!
~who were freed 150 years ago!~
Black Lives Matter!
Because our dark African skin~
Black Lives Matter!
~gets our black asses murdered~
Black Lives Matter!
~by police on a daily basis! Because~
Black Lives Matter!
~all that gives us every right~
Black Lives Matter!
~to arrogantly loiter at Starbucks~
Black Lives Matter!
~and take up space needed~
Black Lives Matter!
~by paying customers so that~
Black Lives Matter!
~Starbucks can make a living~
Black Lives Matter!
~pay its workers, pay its taxes~
Black Lives Matter!
~and give all it's other excuses~
Black Lives Matter!
~for being racist! And all~
Black Lives Matter!
~you racists who disagree~
Black Lives Matter!
~should all be fired or~
Black Lives Matter!
~have your unconscious bias~
Black Lives Matter!
~reprogrammed! So screw you, whitey!"

Not sure I would've thrown these guys out. Of course Eric Holder is about like Al Sharpton, but that is separate from needing to get rid of these guys just hanging around.

There are worse examples of entitlement.

Starbucks coffee does suck out loud though! Tastes like someone dumped an ash tray into the coffee filter. Unfortunately, my wife likes their chai tea lattee's and I'm into them about $120/mo.

I have recently been denied access to the bathroom in several Seattle Starbucks until AFTER I had placed my order. I was in a suit, white shirt, and tie, and it was NOT back in the stone age when professionals wore such things. Hmmm.

And yet the baristas refused to call out Trump's name on customers whose order was listed under that name ....

If I was a customer of Starbucks I would take my business elsewhere. However, since their coffee is overpriced, burned swill and the store environment is noisy and environmentally unappealing I never even consider going to Starbucks.
Here is another perfect place to start a consumer strike to take down the looting, corporate welfare state.

Please remember that, Blue Lives Matter, also
https://youtu.be/ysTx9aNSVX0

Lefty Schultz is getting what he deserves.

This vitriol was created solely b/c the men were black.

Had they been white no mention would have occurred.

Isn't it the store's policy to render services only to people who consume products? So what is the fuss about?

These kind of things are occurring more frequently by blacks. There was a woman on a campus who refused to vacate her residency after she became ineligible for housing support.

It sounds like blacks think they have more rights than anyone else.

Everyone of all colors and race should look for Starbucks stores, use their bathrooms, sit at their tables, but not order a thing. That will teach them!

PEOPLE POWER!!!

It's sad that Starbucks has gone off the deep leftists end. Now I feel like when I go the local supermarket where they have a Starbucks I going to challenge this stupidity. Then place my order and see what happens.

How should Starbucks handle it? They're already have a stigma. I don't know if it's like this everywhere, but professional orgs, businesses, and non-profits frequently meet in non-profits. It's the "third space" that Starbucks pioneered, but now they're stigmatized even though they do a good job. I don't know what they should do. Implicit bias is a huge problem. Their failing to acknowledge it would be worse than doing nothing.