Starbucks drops Jewish group from bias training

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33. Tamika Mallory's "involvement" doesn't mean the ADL should have been brought in as a trainer

You don’t have to be antisemitic to think this. Even the head of ADL acknowledged that this is an issue of race and was fine with taking on a different role.

And, as I said, Starbucks has many other advisors who have been quietly advising them and I am certain that, if they thought it was a good idea for ADL to continue on as a trainer, they would have so advised Starbucks and backed them up - and, no matter what you think of Mallory, Eric Holder, Sherilynn Ifill and Heather McGee have considerably more influence with Starbucks and credibility in the black community and beyond than Tamika Mallory does. If they thought the ADL should have continued in that role, it would have continued in that role.

Tamika Mallory is a convenient boogeyman, but she has little power and no real influence.