Starbucks drops Jewish group from bias training

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25. FYI

The ADL won’t do the training, but they will remain involved as one of the key advisers, along with several other groups, moving forward.

Clearly, the ADL doesn’t see this as an “us vs. them” thing - I hope others don’t try to turn it into one to score political points.

But Starbucks announced in a Wednesday press release that the ADL will now be one of “a diverse array of organizations and civil rights experts” that Starbucks will consult. Other groups in the consulting role include those combating anti-Muslim, anti-LGBT and anti-Latino bigotry.

Starbucks did not specify why Greenblatt is no longer among the originally named experts, although Greenblatt noted in a tweet that the training will focus specifically on race. The three activists leading the training are all people of color. The ADL combats bigotry of all kinds, but focuses on fighting anti-Semitism.

Greenblatt appeared to react positively to the scaled back role. He tweeted that the ADL “will be there every step of the way” to assist Starbucks, and acknowledged that “this is an issue of race. And so we are ready to listen, learn &share our expertise+experience where we can.”
https://www.jta.org/2018/04/27/news-opinion/adl-will-no-longer-co-lead-starbucks-diversity-training

Link to tweet