Thursday, 14 February 2019

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz criticized for saying 'I don't see color’

The independent potential 2020 candidate was speaking about the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia location last year

Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO and potential 2020 independent presidential candidate, is facing criticism for responding to a question on racial bias by saying that he does not “see colour”.

“As somebody who grew up in a very diverse background as a young boy in the projects I didn’t see colour as a young boy and I honestly don’t see colour now,” Schultz, who is from Brooklyn, said during a CNN town hall event in Houston on Tuesday evening.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2Id11nG

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