The company vowed $1 million to “organizations promoting racial equity and more inclusive and just communities” saying organizations will be nominated by Starbucks “partners (employees).”
The company also said they are “actively hosting open and necessary conversations with our partners (employees) about racism the Black community faces.
However, according to BuzzFeed News, the company sent out a memo to employees last week explicitly saying that Black Lives Matter attire was prohibited from the list of things employees can wear due to the company’s dress code policy.
According to an internal bulletin, the recent memo came after store managers had been reaching out to senior leadership on behalf of employees who wanted to wear BLM-related attire as
protests over police violence swept the world.The management responded by arguing that wearing clothing and accessories featuring Black Lives Matter could be misunderstood and “potentially incite violence,” according to BuzzFeed News.
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