Actress Thandie Newton Calls Starbucks Racist [Photo]

January 6, 2016 by TJB Writer in Latest News with 1 Comment

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:

Seriously @Starbucks? At the counter – Loin cloth and Safari hat on a black child. Happy New Year circa 19th century pic.twitter.com/kD3qgKmti1

— Thandie Newton (@thandienewton) January 4, 2016

The chain replied,

@thandienewton we are very concerned to learn of this incident & we can’t apologise enough. We have removed the figure & are investigating.

— Starbucks Help (@starbuckshelp) January 5, 2016

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

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Kim January 6, 2016 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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