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We’re Talking a Starbucks Boycott, Tonight on “Conversations Of A Sistah”

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Starbucks “mutually parted ways” with the manager, named only as Holly, who called 911 to report that two men refused to leave the 18th and Spruce Street location on last Thursday. Another patron uploaded cell phone video of the men being arrested, saying the two men were racially profiled.

Starbucks, is facing fierce criticism after two black men were arrested at a Philadelphia store, sparking accusations of racial profiling over what the company’s chief executive now calls a “reprehensible” incident.

In a statement, their CEO Kevin Johnson gave his deepest apologies” on Saturday to the two men who were taken out of the store in handcuffs by at least six officers on Thursday. SIX!!!! A store manager had asked the two men to leave after they attempted to use the bathroom without purchases. The men said they were waiting for a friend, their attorney later said. The manager then called 911 for assistance.

The police confrontation was captured on a video that has been viewed more than 8 million times on social media, fueling a backlash and drawing responses from the city’s police commissioner and mayor.

This is about racism and racial profiling.

Join our Host Ms. Tracy L. Bell at 6:30 p.m. EST on “Conversations Of A Sistah“ as she discusses boycotting the chain and will closing all stores on May 29 for bias training be enough to fan the flames of a racially charged manager.

Follow “all links” in this post to access the show.

Celebrity Kids, Celebrity Mess, Celebrity Seed

Celebrity Siblings: EJ & Elisa Johnson

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EJ Johnson, 25, and his adopted sister Elisa Johnson, 23, attended the Neon Carnival after the Coachella music festival with friends over the weekend. Magic Johnson’s youngest son wore coochie cutter denim shorts and a sparkly, sheer see through top with thigh high suede boots.

Elisa Johnson wore all black, in black shorts with a revealing jacket. EJ’s sister seemed a bit annoyed that the paparazzi focused on his revealing, eye-catching attire with his cheeks being revealed.

New Business

IV Kings Artful Xpressions Grand Opening, was a Grand Affair

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You remember Daryl Harris who stopped by our studios on February 28th to aid in the discussion on “Why Blacks Don’t Support Black Businesses?“ (<-click the link here if you don’t remember the show). Well anyway, he and his brothers hosted a fabulous grand opening on Saturday evening April 14, 2018.

The grand opening marked the official opening of the store’s location at 92 Washington Street in the city of Paterson, NJ.

Accompanied by his two brothers in the pic up-top, Timothy (middle) and Anthony (Tony on the right), the men were flooded by family, friends, fellow artist, entrepreneurs and members from the community who came out in support of this well planned endeavor. The art gallery’s location in the pristine downtown area of the city, is prime location for shoppers delight.

The well wishers munched on sweetish meatballs, potato salad, cupcakes and varies drinks, while others in the crowd congregated near the entrance too cool off from the store’s sweltering heat.

To wish my brothers much success, I did what we all are suppose to do at a grand opening…and that is SHOP!!! You shop to support the business and that’s exactly what I did and I’m inviting you to do the same. So browse their website for some choice art collections and decorative shower curtains on their website at 4kingsart.com

Check them out.💋

Racial Profiling, Racial tension, racial unrest

Protests and Outrage after two black men arrested at Philly Starbucks

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Protesters gathered outside a Philadelphia Starbucks on Sunday and planned to regroup again on today after two black men were arrested there last week when they allegedly refused to leave.

The original incident occurred last Thursday, when a Starbucks employee called 911 because two black men were sitting inside the café. Soon after they arrived, police handcuffed the men and escorted them out of the shop. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross, who is black, said the men hadn’t purchased anything and refused to leave, which led to the arrest. Yet a protesting white women said, she’s walks in all the time to use the restroom without purchasing anything and was never arrested.

A video of the arrest and ensuing confusion went viral on Twitter.

Michelle Saahene witnessed the entire event, as she’d been at the Starbucks for nearly an hour. She told NBC News on Sunday that, as a black woman, she was slightly nervous when the police officers entered the coffee shop, but she was then shocked as the two men when they were approached by police officers.

After the two men were refused the bathroom, they just sat at a table silently and played with their phones as they waited for a friend, Saahene told NBC News.

“The cops were asking them to leave because they weren’t purchasing anything,” Saahene said. “[The two men] said they were confused. This is a Starbucks. Since when are people asked to leave a Starbucks who are just sitting there?”

Saahene said that a white man sitting next to her had been at the Starbucks for 30 minutes without making a purchase and a jogger came in and used the bathroom without making a purchase.

That’s one of the reasons she felt compelled to approach the employee who called 911.

“’Did you feel threatened’?” she said she asked the Starbucks barista. “She didn’t look at me. ‘Did you feel like your life was threatened?’ She still didn’t look at me.”

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson swiftly apologized that the 911 call was made and that the two men were arrested. He said that the company planned to investigate the matter and retrain its staff, but said the store manager “never intended for these men to be arrested and this should never have escalated as it did.”

Unfortunately it’s too late! We’re sounding the call to boycott “StarBucks” everywhere.!!

Celebrity Kids

Celebrity Kids: Charlize Theron and Son Jackson Theron

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Why is Charlize Theron dressing her adopted son like a girl? Paparazzi images of Charlize and her son Jackson Theron sparked outrage when the images were posted on March 20th. The photos show 6-year-old Jackson wearing a schoolgirl uniform with his short hair held by a blue headband. People are outraged that Charlize for emasculating Jackson.

The images are disturbing. What parent in their right mind would dress their son like a little girl? No one knows what’s going on behind closed doors in the Theron household, but in a recent interview with ELLE magazine, Charlize referred to her mother as a “bitch,” and her adopted children as “little assholes”.

Why adopt children to abuse them? African America children at that…