It's Anything Can Happen Thursday!
Yep, we are stealing a line right out of
The Big Bang Theory. We will be talking about all kinds of things from week to week...anything can happen!
THIS WEEK: SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO WALK OUT ON THE LEDGE AND HOPE FOR BALANCE...
We want to weigh in on Starbucks campaign to
Race Together; http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2015/03/17/schultz-wants-starbucks-employees-to-rap-about-race/, we are after all coming to you from Seattle, the home of Starbucks so....
Here's the deal, Howard Schultz the CEO of Starbucks is trying to start a dialog about race relations;
http://news.starbucks.com/news/race-together-conversation-has-the-power-to-change-hearts-and-minds by having baristas broach the subject by writing "race together" on customers cups. The initial response has been mostly tweets and comments as to what a stupid idea this is or
"what on earth were you thinking?" Here's the thing...this might not have been the most thought out of ways to engage the public in talking about race and racism but... what is? If someone somewhere doesn't start a broader conversation then don't we end up right where we were? I get it, people buying their coffee may be in a hurry, they may not want to talk about race or anything else for that matter but if someone somewhere doesn't take a hit for trying, then nothing ever gets done and we will all be sitting around our local Starbucks bitching about that.. I say kudos to Mr. Schultz for stepping up, at least he's trying which is more than anybody else seems to be doing, including his critics.
Of course this isn't the answer to race relations! But it's a baby step and that is where you have to start sometimes... and let's face it, he did get you talking didn't he?!
Have a super weekend...
Noodle and crew