Sentences with phrase «racial bias training»

Closing our stores for racial bias training is just one step in a journey.»

I was surprised when I learned that Kevin Johnson, CEO of America's most popular coffee brand Starbucks, decided to close more than half of the company's U.S. stores on May 29 to conduct racial bias training for staff, following the uproar over two black men — Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson — being arrested at a Philadelphia location.

In response, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson announced a companywide racial bias training.

The manager who called the police on Robinson and Nelson has since been removed from that restaurant, and the company is closing more than 8,000 locations on May 29 so that its employees can undertake racial bias training.

For example, the racist who undergoes a five - hour racial bias training will still be a racist after the training.

Closing our stores for racial bias training is just one step in a journey that requires dedication from every level of our company and partnerships in our local communities.»

Many of us will be watching to see whether the May 29 racial bias training is successful — and what Starbucks commits to beyond this single day.

In the press release detailing the decision, the company noted: «Closing our stores for racial bias training is just one st:p in a journey that requires dedication from every level of our company and partnerships in our local communities.»

«Many of us will be watching to see whether the May 29 racial bias training is successful — and what Starbucks commits to beyond this single day,» he says.

That incident caused such an outcry that Philadelphia police Commissioner Richard Ross publicly apologized to the men and Starbucks announced last week that it will close 8,000 U.S. stores for racial bias training.

«The most important thing is the foundation, the fact that we have a seat at the table to work on reforms, being included in the racial bias training, leading forward.

Robinson said he and Nelson would take part in the company's racial bias training and work with former Attorney General Eric Holder, who is involved in shaping the May 29 curriculum and other long - term initiatives.

Note: This article has been updated to reflect Starbucks» announcement to shut down their business for implicit racial bias training.

Starbucks has since apologized for the incident and announced that it plans to close all 8,000 of it's U.S. stores for implicit racial bias training, which is both appropriate and proves that this is about something much larger than one isolated incident: this is about the ubiquitous, cultural fear of black people.