Starbucks Urged to Pay for Police Training, Change Hiring Practices

Advisers suggest coffee chain evaluate managers on ‘cultural competency’

Starbucks Corp. should audit its stores for prejudice against customers, review the racial diversity of its staff and help pay for antibias training for local police, according to a report compiled by outside experts advising the coffee chain on its diversity efforts.

The report was released Monday by Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Heather McGhee, distinguished senior fellow of the think tank Demos.

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