National Black Justice Coalition: 'Boycott Starbucks'
June 13, 2020
June 13, 2020
NEW YORK, June 13 -- The National Black Justice Coalition issued the following statement by Executive Director David Johns in response to the leaked memo to Starbucks employees that forbid workers from wearing clothing or accessories that affirmed that Black Lives Matter:
"Boycott Starbucks. It was just two years ago that racism and anti-Blackness at Starbucks led to the arrests of Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson and the closing of 8,000 stores for an afternoon of 'racial-bias . . .
"Boycott Starbucks. It was just two years ago that racism and anti-Blackness at Starbucks led to the arrests of Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson and the closing of 8,000 stores for an afternoon of 'racial-bias . . .