“Bullsh*t”…that’s the profound description used when one thinks another is full of it…as does comedian/actor, John Witherspoon, regarding Starbucks. The hilarious actor was spotted, by paparazzi, in the airport and didn’t hesitate to give his two cents about the racist BS a now-unemployed Starbucks manager pulled on two Black men.

As most of us have heard by now, two young Black men were sitting in Starbucks, minding their own business, when all of a sudden they found themselves handcuffed and taken to the Philly police station. As they were handcuffed, for seemingly doing nothing other than being enriched with an abundance of melanin, even the White customers were confused, pissed off, and questioning the cops about why they were arresting those young brothas.

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Watch John Witherspoon’s Response To Starbucks

Check out what Witherspoon had to say about this below.

What Starbucks Is Doing To Right Their Wrongs

Can’t believe I’m saying this, following such outright racist actions that were taken at that Philly Starbucks location, but I gotta give it to the corporation, they seem to be steppin’ up appropriately…so far. Now, if that changes, I’ll definitely be calling them out on it. However, based on the the swift actions Starbucks has taken, to attempt to right their wrongs, they at least deserve a C+. That C+ grade will only be bumped up after Starbucks proves it’s consistency in un-biasing any further biased employees’ actions going forward.

H&M could have learned a lil’ something from what Starbucks is doing. Or maybe, Starbucks learned a thing or two from H&M, about what NOT to do amid a racial conflict involving their brand. It’s only been about a week since those two brothas were arrested for simply sitting in a Philly Starbucks, waiting for their friend -the exact same thing millions of White people have done on the regular. But already, the corporation has taken a slew of actions to try to resolve the matter.

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First came an official wack apology from Starbucks on the following day after the incident. Then after gathering further info about the fiasco, they got to the gist of the matter and the new CEO, Kevin Johnson- who just started his new position on April 1, 2018- stepped in the line of fire to apologize to the men publicly and also privately. As protestors bombarded the Philly Starbucks, where a whopping SIX cops showed up to arrest the 2 Black men for doing absolutely nothing, Johnson went to Philly, where he interviewed with “Good Morning America” and further apologized for the Starbucks’ manager’s actions.

Soon after CEO Johnson’s interview, word surfaced that the Starbucks manager who called the cops on those men was no longer with the company.

To put the cherry on top Starbucks then announced that it will be closing 8000 of their locations to put employees through extensive ‘racial bias training,’ to ensure that what happened to those two brothas never happens again.

In addition to their current actions, Starbucks does have a history of speaking out against racism. Also, the former longtime CEO was a supported of Pres. Obama and has openly bashed Donald Trump on more than one occasion. In January 2017, when Trump issued an executive order, banning immigrants from the U.S., former Starbucks CEO defiantly vowed to hire 10,000 refugees within the next 5 years for their Starbucks locations worldwide. None of that justifies their employee’s racist action, but just a lil’ random food for thought.

What’s Missing From Starbucks’ Solutions:

2 black men arrested at Starbucks get an apology from police https://t.co/1pJqeJkLxV

— clevelanddotcom (@clevelanddotcom) April 19, 2018

Only TWO things missing from these ‘resolutions’:
1. What about the SIX officers who used horrible and seemingly equally racially biased judgement when they decided to arrest the innocent Black men.? They need to be penalized a ‘racial biased’ trained too.

2. A HEFTY COMPENSATION for the humiliation and degradation that Starbuck’s manager caused the two men on that fateful day in Philly. If they are NOT compensated well for their troubles, then I’m with John Witherspoon when he says they should definitely sue the brakes of ’em.