Starbucks To Pay Over $25 Million To Ex-Manager Fired For Being White Coffee giant

Starbucks To Pay Over $25 Million To Ex-Manager Fired For Being White Coffee giant 

CBS News reported that Starbucks must pay a white ex-manager $25.6 million for racial discrimination.

After a 2018 Starbucks incident in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, former manager Shannon Phillips was dismissed.

According to BBC, a federal jury in New Jersey awarded Ms. Phillips $600,000 in compensatory damages.

$25m in punitive damages for Starbucks' violation of her federal civil rights and a New Jersey law banning race discrimination.

After the arrest of two Black men at the Philadelphia office in April 2018, Ms Phillips, a 13-year employee, was fired.

One of two black males waiting in the shop was denied restroom usage since he did not buy anything.

Rashon Nelson & Donte Robinson claimed they were waiting for a business meeting at the shop. Staff summoned the police to handcuff & remove the two males.

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