Starbucks drops Jewish group from bias training

[moriah]

17. "Activists" who want a group more like Black Lives Matter instead of one who hasn't supported it?

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Not all bias is the same, and the experience of living as a Jew can't be compared to as black/brown, or vice versa.

I would expect the NAACP and SPLC to offer assistance in addressing an incident of anti-Semitic behavior from management, but would want to hear the main message from people who actually were Jewish about what THEY wanted me to take home from it.

I think the same is true in reverse, and in this case Starbucks is trying to deal with the perception that btown/black people are somehow a problem to management. I'd rather hear from them and know what they'd like me to learn from it than even well-meaning allies.

Edit to add: I'm out of this conversation as it's starting to get into I/P issues. I'm sensitive on I/P because I identify as a Liberal Quaker, and may never be able to visit the Holy Land as a result of the AFSC being targeted for its support of nonviolent resistance. Regardless of the reasoning, that sucks. And so I stay out of those discussions.