Summary
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sued Starbucks, alleging its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hiring policies violate anti-discrimination laws and result in slower service and higher prices.
The lawsuit follows Trump’s executive order banning DEI programs in the federal government and urging the private sector to follow suit.
Starbucks denied the claims, stating its hiring practices are fair and legal.
While customers have complained about price increases and wait times, analysts attribute these issues to inflation and drink customizations rather than hiring policies.
I don’t mind DEI practices as they have been enacted by most companies I’m aware of. They’re meant to make employment decisions more balanced and fair than they have been historically.
That said, one wouldn’t hire a minority because other minorities have more experience or are better at handling complaints. One would ask interview questions or seek references for how individuals applying for positions handle these situations. It’s almost as if people do not automatically have all the same characteristics as the majority, perceive or otherwise, of their group.
The problem is that their propaganda machine news sources tell them that DEI means they will hire the lesser, minority applicant over the much, much better white applicant just because they are a minority. The issue is “perception” (in that their perception has been curated for them). You could get every last one of them (save the truly racist) to agree to a system that could be proven to remove race from an identifiable attribute in hiring, not that this is possible in every situation. Sadly, they have been trained to believe that is not the goal for DEI.