Starbucks incident highlights perils of shopping while black
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April 19, 2018
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — It was a surreal scene that is part of daily life for many black Americans and minorities, an everyday moment gone wrong, ending in complete humiliation.
Two black men were handcuffed and arrested at a Starbucks, setting off a national uproar after the incident was captured on video. A worker complained the men were trespassing, but they maintained they were doing what thousands of people do in the popular coffee shops across the country — waiting to meet a friend.
The exchange was a fresh reminder that, five decades after the end of legal segregation, to be black in Americ...
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