Kroger responds to racial profiling incident

On the heels of ugly accusations of racial profiling by a Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) worker in Philadelphia and plans to train workers nationwide to prevent the behavior in the future, Starbucks may........»»

Not even the politically correct Starbucks is immune to incidents of racial bias......»»

"In looking at the tape, you ask yourself whether or not that was racial profiling,” Schultz said......»»

"In looking at the tape, you ask yourself whether or not that was racial profiling," Schultz said......»»

On April 12, two black men were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia for attempting to use the bathroom. The concept of racial profiling dates back decades, and it’s prevalent throughout U.S. history......»»

"We should honor his memory by confronting California's painful legacy of racial profiling and police brutality," said Representative Barbara Lee......»»

The recent arrest of two black men who were sitting in a Starbucks in Philadelphia is just the latest example of racial profiling that persons of color can face at retail.  
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Starbucks Chief Executive Kevin Johnson is apologizing for the arrests of two black men at a Philadelphia coffee shop last week, which sparked accusations of racial profiling. Linda So reports......»»

(Reuters) - Starbucks Chief Executive Kevin Johnson apologized late on Saturday for the arrests of two black men at a Philadelphia coffee shop last week, which sparked accusations of racial profiling......»»

The new policy may help the company avoid future racial profiling incidents. Starbucks today announced that it is now official policy to allow al.....»»

"Racial biases and abuses of power must not be ignored," the Bucks said in response......»»

House lawmakers are raising concerns that a powerful facial recognition tool Amazon is marketing to local law enforcement agencies could be used to inappropriately surveil innocent Americans and reinforce racial profiling of black communities......»»

They want answers......»»

(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp appealed to customers for forgiveness in a row over racial profiling on Tuesday, saying its behavior toward two black American customers last month had been reprehensible as it closed 8,000 stores for anti-bias training......»»

(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp appealed to customers for forgiveness in a controversy over racial profiling on Tuesday, saying its behavior toward two black men last month had been reprehensible as it closed 8,000 U.S. stores for anti-bias training......»»

Starbucks employees are bristling after being forced to sit through an entire day of training on racial bias on Tuesday, following an April incident in which a Philadelphia manager called t.....»»

"I think people think this kind of thing is taking place in recent days, but it's not. It's an everyday thing," Darren Martin said......»»

Fox Business Briefs: Lowe's suspends its practice of checking customers' receipts at the exits of its stores after a customer accuses the retailer of racial profiling......»»

The home improvement warehouse chain's receipt-checking policy allegedly led to harassment of certain customers, so Lowe's has stopped the practice nationwide......»»

A Lowe’s customer said the company's receipt-checking policy harassed certain customers. Now the company has stopped the practice nationwide......»»