Starbucks closes more than 8,000 US cafes for racial bias training

Company shuts coffee shops early to put in place training for 175,000 employees – but says ‘isn’t a solution, it’s a first step’

More than 8,000 Starbucks coffee shops in the US closed their doors for racial bias training on Tuesday, in what the company said “isn’t a solution, it’s a first step” as it sought to rebuild its damaged reputation.

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