Not the Time or Place

I've been to four different Starbucks in the past two weeks, and I've never had "Race Together" stamped on the cup.....thank goodness. (Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wanted customers and employees to "engage in a conversation" about race.)

From personal observation about half of Starbucks customers go to a coffee house to talk, and those that do never discuss race, environment, religion, and other heavy topics, at least in a serious way. Another group is focused on their laptops, and another just wants to get their coffee and go.

Although most Starbucks customers, at least in this area, are likely sympathetic to Howard Schultz's political leanings, he overstepped. Starbucks is a sanctuary, not a debating circle. I'm glad he killed the intrusive campaign over the weekend. If it got too noisily noisome, I'd have switched to Peet's.

How are people meant to talk about race with a stranger while picking up coffee to go? #RaceTogether http://t.co/BsrA7mLlfE
— The Economist (@EconBizFin) March 22, 2015