Starbucks Facing More Racism Allegations After Latino Customer Receives Cup With ‘Beaner’ On The Label « CBS Los Angeles

Starbucks Facing More Racism Allegations After Latino Customer Receives Cup With ‘Beaner’ On The Label « CBS Los Angeles:
"LA CAÑADA (CBSLA) — Nearly two weeks ahead of their day of nationwide racial bias training, coffee chain Starbucks is facing new accusations of racism after a Latino customer discovered a racial slur written on his coffee order.
A Latino man named Peter received a cold coffee drink labeled “BEANER.”
“En español es ‘frijoleros’, ‘beaner,’ you know, in English,” said the victim’s friend Miguel Acosta.
“He went to Starbucks, and they asked for his name, and his name is ‘Peter,’ and they wrote this ‘beaner,’ Acosta told CBS2 News through a coworker who was translating. “And he’s saying that’s not fair.”
Acosta said his friend didn’t deserve such treatment and doesn’t understand why he was targeted.
“Mi amigo está triste también,” said Acosta. “My friend is also sad.”
Patrons at the La Cañada Starbucks Wednesday were taken aback by the news.
“I’m shocked,” said one woman. “I go to that Starbucks almost every day.”
“I’m disappointed in Starbucks, I mean, that’s — when you put something in the computer and put a name on something, you’re labeling someone, and I think that’s not right,” said one man..."
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