Must be hard to be a Republican who is completely irrelevant on the national stage. Ronnie is trying hard to be in the news again because he wants to be Veep. So “sad”.

You mean my latte could’ve been made by someone slightly more qualified yet still underpaid and overworked?

Move over, Disney. Florida has a new boogeyman.

The right wingers have always grumbled about Starbucks - it’s practically a yearly thing for them to complain about how Starbucks is conducting a “war” on xmas (lol).

I can’t fucking imagine being this enraged about dumb stupid shit like this all the fucking time. I noticed this about a lot of right wingers. Whereas most centrists and leftists will just go about their day like a normal fucking person, to a conservative, every god damn thing is politically against them and something to spend angry energy on. Politics is literally all some of them know.

Like literally, Ill be in a casual conversation at work, completely unrelated to politics, like talking about how shitty the drivers in the city are, and some goddamn conservative will pop up and start blaming the “woke libruls” for it. I imagine them shouting at imaginary strawmen whenever they stub their toes (yes, I know that’s also a strawman, but I’m sticking to it).

The worst are the racist ones who will start spouting racist shit at you just because you’re also white, so they think you’re “one of them”.

Edit: reminds me of this https://i.imgur.com/EPHhxAB.png

You don’t get to be mad because being a runt isn’t a protected class asshole

I’m going to go against the grain here.

From the article:

In the four-page complaint, Moody argues that the company’s goal of inclusivity for people of color in 30% of corporate roles and 40% of retail and manufacturing roles by 2025 violates federal and Florida civil rights acts. More than 48% of employees at Starbucks are white, 31.7% are Hispanic, 8.1% are Black, and 5.9% are Asian, according to the company’s most recently released data.

Additionally, Moody pointed to ties between the diversity goals and executives’ bonuses to claim the company has racial quotas. According to the Nation’s Restaurant News, 7.5% of Starbucks executive bonus consideration was tied to diversity in 2023.

Companies that have these kind of goals are problematic. And it can cut both ways: One company could say “we have enough minorities now, so we can go back to hiring a bunch of white people”, while another could say “Hey, we’ve only got 25% minorities here and our bonus is tied to having 40%. Better hire a bunch of minorities even if they’re not the best qualified for the job.” Either viewpoint is problematic, especially if those making the decisions benefit financially (even if indirectly) by making at least some choices based on ethnicity rather than qualifications.

If you hired the best qualified people and you happen to have a good mix of minorities, men, women, etc., then you have a diverse team. If you hired some minorities in order to meet a quota or save your own bonus, then you hired a bunch of “token black guys” based on their skin tone rather than qualifications. If you stopped hiring minorities and just intend to hide behind the quota instead of continuing to hire qualified minorities, you’re just a racist asshole.

With all of that said, we all know why DeSantis is doing this: He’s a racist, narcissistic asshole who wants to build his political career off of racism and hate. But having what are essentially hiring quotas in place as part of your policy gives people like DeSantis ammo to do it, while also doing little to nothing to actually help the minority populations they’re supposed to be helping.