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Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson Will Order Training Of Staff To Address ‘Unconscious Bias’

Joseph Curl

Kevin Johnson, CEO of Starbucks, said on Monday that the massive coffee company will order top managers to undergo training on how to spot “unconscious bias.”

The move comes after a video emerged of a racially-charged arrest of two black men. The video shows police speaking to — then arresting — the two men, who were shown simply sitting in the Starbucks waiting for a third member of their party before ordering coffee.

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