Starbucks baristas will be allowed to wear symbols supporting the Black Lives Matter movement in a hasty about-face in company policy.
The hashtag #BoycottStarbucks was trending on Twitter after news of the memo broke, with people expressing disappointment considering the brand had publicly shown support on its social media feeds for Black Lives Matter, stating that it was"committed to being a part of change."on Friday, the Seattle-based coffee company reversed its decision and announced its support of Black Lives Matter.
The nation has seen more than two weeks of sweeping protests in support of Black Lives Matter following the death ofat the hands of a white police officer who kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes as he pleaded"I can't breathe." The company said it's designing its own version of Black Lives matter t-shirts that would arriving in stores shortly for employees to wear.
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