racial-bias training
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While Black Shoppers Participate in #BlackoutDay2020, Sephora Shows Us the Receipts on Its Retail Bias Study
Today at The Glow Up, we’re not celebrating a typical Big Beauty Tuesday, where we primarily focus on Black-owned beauty and fashion brands. Instead, as Black shoppers are encouraged to shop exclusively Black (or not at all) for #BlackoutTuesday2020—work we do almost daily—we’re once again turning our attention to the many major retailers who displayed…
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40 Shades of WTF: SZA Reports Being Racially Profiled at Calabasas Sephora
Fenty didn’t debut 40 shades of foundation at Sephora for this mess. Calabasas, Calif., may be home to “All the Stars” (including Kanye, the Kardashian clan and their growing cadre of mixed-race children), but celebrity reportedly didn’t save Grammy and Academy Award-nominated singer-songwriter SZA from being racially profiled while shopping at the area’s local Sephora.…
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Ending the Policing of Black Bodies in Public Spaces Requires Not Just a Change of Policy but a Change of Heart
Chikesia Clemons at the Waffle House in Saraland, Ala. Myneca Ojo, Sandra Thompson, Sandra Harrison and a friend at Grandview Golf Club in York, Pa. Tshyrad Oates and a friend at LA Fitness in Secaucus, N.J. Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson at a Starbucks in Philadelphia. Brandon Ward at a Los Angeles-area Starbucks. Ezell A.…
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Starbucks Tapped Public Policy, Racial-Justice Organizations to Help With Bias Training, but What Will Change Look Like?
After the arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia Starbucks for simply existing, the ubiquitous coffee chain immediately stepped forward, implementing swift action in a bid to combat racial bias. As part of its initiative to fight discrimination, Starbucks announced that it would close all stores nationwide on May 29 to provide more than…
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Starbucks to Close All Stores Across the US for ‘Racial-Bias Education’ Training Following the Arrest of 2 Black Men
Starbucks is upping the ante (and perhaps trying to salvage whatever is left of its reputation) by closing more than 8,000 stores across the U.S. for an afternoon to train employees in racial bias. The decision comes after two black men were arrested inside a Philadelphia Starbucks, seemingly just for being black. According to the…