Actress Thandie Newton Calls Starbucks Racist [Photo]

January 6, 2016 by in Latest News with 1 Comment

Thandie Newton Calls Starbucks Racist-the jasmine brand

Starbucks has a new controversy on its hands. Actress Thandie Newton recently took to Twitter, sharing that she was offended by a black figure offering Colombian coffee beans at Starbucks. Apparently, the Mission Impossible II actress was at a Starbucks in central London. Newton tweeted and posted a photo the figure writing:

The chain replied, 

P.S. Do you find the figure offensive or nah? 

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  1. Kim at 6:08 pm

    I don’t really think it was meant to imply that the child was black.I think it was just a statue of a child.I don’t see how it would’ve looked right in any other color.Just my opinion,I’m usually the first to point out that something is racial.I don’t see that here.

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