...Still, Schultz’s his call for chats about race over coffee may not reach low-income areas such as Canarsie. Despite complaints from the Canarsie Courier that Schultz has “no problem caffeinating people” in Kings Plaza, three miles away, there is still no branch of Starbucks here.
Mr G, a resident of the racially diverse Bay View housing estate that the Schultz family once called home, says that, in neighbourhoods like this, a five-dollar cappuccino with a tiramisu topping is a luxury item, not a daily necessity. “We’ve all heard about him here. We’ve heard about the plan to write it on the cup. He wants to get people together. Could be good. He should put a Starbucks here. Yes sir.”
So why hasn’t it happened? “Starbucks is too white, and they charge too much damn money.”... READ MORE
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