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EffieBlack

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111. Are you black, brown or white?

Reply to Horse with no Name (Reply #104)

Thu Apr 19, 2018, 10:26 PM

Apr 2018

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So... **TWO** GODDAMNED MINUTES?? [View all] Blue_Tires Apr 2018 OP

Well...seriously...it was the middle of the afternoon... CincyDem Apr 2018 #1

That manager must have Spidey Sense or something... Blue_Tires Apr 2018 #3

Otherwise Starbucks' black female COO would have Hortensis Apr 2018 #123

No worries Blue_Tires JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #2

Thanks for the Green Book comment.. disillusioned73 Apr 2018 #12

These times JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #21

I hear ya.. disillusioned73 Apr 2018 #23

For black travelers in the '40s - '70s BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #34

Wealthy / Affluent black folks in Cadillacs JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #38

This is why my mother STAUNCHLY REFUSED BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #47

Oh my goodness! JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #54

My mom used to talk about "Chicken Bone Beach" BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #59

This is fascinating history- dawg day Apr 2018 #125

Not just "where to sleep" BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #127

Ruth and the Green Book mia Apr 2018 #62

Thank you for posting. madaboutharry Apr 2018 #64

You're welcome! mia Apr 2018 #67

Thank you for posting! BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #65

I didn't know about "The Green Book" until today. mia Apr 2018 #68

When I was growing up in the '60s and '70s BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #71

I had a gay version of this when I was in college dsc Apr 2018 #94

It's pretty sad BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #98

It was mostly for eateries and clubs dsc Apr 2018 #101

Geez. I had no idea what a Green Book was until I Googled it. PatrickforO Apr 2018 #33

After the Emancipation in the mid-late 1860s post-Civil War BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #40

Reconstruction is what caused the KKK to happen FakeNoose Apr 2018 #73

Correct BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #76

New Green Book would be a great idea. nt Anon-C Apr 2018 #35

+1,000 malaise Apr 2018 #61

She's a dumb bigot, too Blue_Tires Apr 2018 #86

Publish one online or on an app, Ilsa Apr 2018 #89

Jeez. It takes me 5 minutes to decipher their damn menu. TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #4

same here before i say the standard...just get me a cup of coffee dembotoz Apr 2018 #25

Yeah, I've loitered at the cash register longer than that catrose Apr 2018 #29

They look like typical office attired millennials MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #5

And they are TRULY millennials BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #56

Yep! MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #102

They also said the cops just came up and ordered them to leave ExciteBike66 Apr 2018 #6

Police have no choice. If owner wants you off property they have to oblige MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #11

She's not even the owner JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #18

I'm not saying it would not otherwise have ended in a removal ExciteBike66 Apr 2018 #22

The cops also radioed for a supervisor to show up. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2018 #66

Police have a responsibility to assess the situation and ask relevant Witnesses uponit7771 Apr 2018 #44

They DO "have a choice" BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #63

I call massive BS... lame54 Apr 2018 #81

That doesn't apply to premises open to the public EffieBlack Apr 2018 #95

the police have a choice in making the arrest which in this case was without probable cause. MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #99

They can't remove the person unless they are actually trespassing, regardless what the owner/manager EffieBlack Apr 2018 #106

Thank you! This is good information MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #108

No problem! EffieBlack Apr 2018 #110

+1. nt tblue37 Apr 2018 #117

The Philly police should look bad. That Police Commissioner should be ashamed... Anon-C Apr 2018 #45

Not sure what was actually said ExciteBike66 Apr 2018 #49

I know you won't see this but this is for other posters here BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #77

I can only hope this is the event that opens up the long-needed national discussion. Boomerproud Apr 2018 #7

If a white supremacist mercuryblues Apr 2018 #14

I'm looking for the JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #20

Yeah, there's that. mountain grammy Apr 2018 #46

Are those the actual guys? Cracklin Charlie Apr 2018 #8

Good one! mcar Apr 2018 #28

I have a 4 yr old and gdaughter and you are sooooo right. efhmc Apr 2018 #60

Holy shit. mercuryblues Apr 2018 #9

Something was very wrong with that manager. She is obviously a hateful racist bigot. OregonBlue Apr 2018 #10

The fact that she has not come forward with any evidence of MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #15

There seemed to be other customers in the coffee shop Grammy23 Apr 2018 #31

My husband's ex-wife was Native American, liberalhistorian Apr 2018 #37

"she'd have been out numbered by the customers who knew otherwise." BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #79

I think there were customers heard on the video Grammy23 Apr 2018 #116

The guy who they were meeting BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #120

I've ready very similar stories by African Americans MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #103

In other words... BigMin28 Apr 2018 #26

I wonder if this is the tip of her iceberg. zentrum Apr 2018 #41

See my post #118 below. nt tblue37 Apr 2018 #119

Just look at the interview she did. No answers. JI7 Apr 2018 #43

Something was very wrong with the police too. hunter Apr 2018 #58

Her black co-workers say she harassed them (the co-workers) and that she had also thrown other tblue37 Apr 2018 #118

Horrendous. zentrum Apr 2018 #124

Racist shitheads are everywhere arent they? ismnotwasm Apr 2018 #13

They've always been there, they just all started coming out in the open ooky Apr 2018 #19

It makes me so mad and so sad. I am shocked to discover how many hateful bigots there are in America OregonBlue Apr 2018 #88

And cellphone cameras EffieBlack Apr 2018 #96

Daily News Article for the non Twitter folks JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #16

And the cops did NOT read them their Miranda Rights per that interview BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #17

And the Constitution EffieBlack Apr 2018 #97

Here is the latest BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #100

"There was no specific policy regarding the crime of Defiant Trespass" EffieBlack Apr 2018 #109

Here is what should be included in any "new policy" BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #126

That woman was probably a marshmallow Baitball Blogger Apr 2018 #24

2 minutes? 2 fcking minutes? mcar Apr 2018 #27

Oh my God I did not know the woman never spoke to them MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #30

"I remember Rizzo" BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #52

One of the most evil people in my lifetime MaryMagdaline Apr 2018 #115

Since it's apparent this was an isolated, racist person... Chakaconcarne Apr 2018 #32

I agree. While I never go to Starbucks, but only because of personal preference, Stonepounder Apr 2018 #51

Guess you missed this other "isolated racist person" BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #53

It wasn't isolated, this is sad really I think Starbucks is a company that tries uponit7771 Apr 2018 #92

I am floored if that timeline is accurate blake2012 Apr 2018 #36

FFS...nt SidDithers Apr 2018 #39

The manager probably mistook them for someone else that had been there awhile Blue_Adept Apr 2018 #42

That neighborhood (Rittenhouse Square) is only 3% black BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #74

OK, no Starbucks coffee for me. lark Apr 2018 #48

that's them? are you sure there weren't some crips or bloods standing behind them? kaotikross Apr 2018 #50

In defense of the store manager... mark67 Apr 2018 #55

Even if it was five minutes or ten minutes, that manager wasn't aware of Starbucks' policy.... George II Apr 2018 #57

Starbucks policy is different depending on the store location oberliner Apr 2018 #69

Problem is, none of these "policies" get posted in these Starbucks BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #82

never heard of the paper bag test fescuerescue Apr 2018 #114

These two should end up owning their own Starbucks location. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #70

That's not even time enough to figure out what to order. MineralMan Apr 2018 #72

Take the damn locks off the door. Have some humanity Pepsidog Apr 2018 #75

Sigh. You haven't encountered the people who smash toilets and paint the walls with shit. hunter Apr 2018 #83

Yea I get it and feel bad for the small owner but Starbucks is a big boy and can handle vandals Pepsidog Apr 2018 #85

Not only that, here in Canada, one cannot use Starbucks restroom if you are akbacchus_BC Apr 2018 #122

"No way a paying customer will vandalise the facilities!" BumRushDaShow Apr 2018 #128

The friend they were meeting told cops theyd go somewhere else, cops said No, too late EffieBlack Apr 2018 #78

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2018 #93

These men acted with class and dignity in the face of ignorance. Pepsidog Apr 2018 #80

Figured as much. Afromania Apr 2018 #84

Yeah, when you frame it that way. But they did hang around griloco Apr 2018 #87

Like dog years differ from human ones, evidently racist minutes are different from regular ones. betsuni Apr 2018 #90

oh I thought this would be about Stormy Daniels and Trump milestogo Apr 2018 #91

No, in that case, the headline would have liberalhistorian Apr 2018 #105

So. Does this mean if I walk into a Starbucks Horse with no Name Apr 2018 #104

Are you black, brown or white? EffieBlack Apr 2018 #111

The timeline blows any claim the former manager makes out of the water. Blue_true Apr 2018 #107

A perfect illustration of why cops don't "have to" arrest people just because the manager says so EffieBlack Apr 2018 #112

Yep. Blue_true Apr 2018 #113

This is so horrible. Those two guys were waiting for a friend akbacchus_BC Apr 2018 #121