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# Is Starbucks' 'Race Together' Campaign Bold Or Risky?

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## Video: Is Starbucks' 'Race Together' Campaign Bold Or Risky?

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_Published 2015-03-17. Starbucks is making a move some call "bold," others call "perilous" by wading into race relations with an ad campaign called "Race Together."_


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## Transcript

Mark this down as one more try by Starbucks to think beyond its cups of coffee. This week te coffee giant is making a move some call bold, others call perilous by wading into race relations. The ad campaign in partnership with USA Today is called Race Together. Starbucks is also encouraging baristas to write the phrase on cups of coffee or put. Put stickers on the cups. CEO Howard Schultz says he held employee forums on racial inequality in December in light of the killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner in New York. And to be honest, there were some people who said, Howard, this is not a subject we should touch.

This is not for you, and this is not for our company. This is for someone else. I reject that. I reject that completely. Starbucks has taken stands on divisive issues from same- sex marriages to gun control so speaking out on race relations might be bold but it isn't exactly surprising. Schultz has already said staying silent is not who we are. Along with an eight page supplement to be published Friday, USA Today and Starbucks are putting out. Fill in the blank conversation starters like, in the past year, I have been to the home of someone of a different race blank times. This full page ad published Monday read, when it comes to race we are all human with the human box checked.

Of course, much as with any big business social media campaign, there has been criticism. Twitter users blasted Starbucks' high prices, have pointed out none of the employee hands in the media hand outs appear to be from minorities and the hashtag # NewStarbucksDrinks has come up with a variety of sarcastic suggestions. Like Stop- And- Frisk- Frappuccino. Schultz plans to reveal more of the Race Together campaign at Starbucks' annual shareholders meeting, Wednesday, which is being live streamed over the web.

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