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Originally Posted by cairns
You keep losing and come back for more?? The facts prove that they were trespassing. It doesn't matter if it was racism or not. You can't prove it is and I can't prove it wasn't. So what? They were wrong. The proprietor had every right to ask them to leave and they had no right to stay. If you're trespassing on my property I get to tell you to leave or have you arrested. I can do that and be the biggest racist in the world. Or not.
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When they first entered they were NOT trespassing. It only became trespassing AFTER they were asked to leave and refused. No one is disputing that and I'm not sure why you keep trying to debate it.
The question is WHY were they trespassed?
It very well could have been that managers own policy re paying and non paying customers or it could have been something else.
Yes, Starbucks will trespass people, but it is far from the expected norm.
The widely accepted perception of Starbucks is a place that you can go, sit, use the WIFI, without having to purchase.
Are you familiar with the term "loss leader", it's a strategy whereby a business sells or gives away something for a loss because doing so will generate other sales of products or services with high profit margins.
That's what Starbucks does, they invite people in because most of them will ultimately buy something.
Their business model is providing a place to sit while offering
the opportunity to buy something.
When things go down against the expected norm then every normal person is going to ask why, including you. If you just stand up and comply then I'm sorry for you and understand why you don't get this.
And you are so wrong.
It does matter if it was racially based, that's all that matters.
No business owner can trespass you for being a minority.
They can make up anything else they want (lie) as a reason but the reason can't be race based.
Which is why the question needs to be asked.