17-04-2018 21:05 via thestranger.com

Starbucks Will Close Stores for an Afternoon to Train Employees on Race

More than 8,000 stores will participate.by Steven HsiehGone trainin' TERROA/GETTY
Starbucks will close more than 8,000 company-owned stores for an afternoon on May 29 to hold training sessions on racial bias.
The announcement comes as Starbucks deals with a public relations crisis stemming from a video of police officers arresting two black men in a Philadelphia store over the weekend. The video, recorded and posted on Twitter by a bystander, has more than 10.4 million views. Prosecutors decline
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