A barista who works at Starbucks who’s job it is to simply smile, take orders and serve customers has openly admitted she ‘hates white people’ and wished a customer would ‘die.’
Mainstream media, Starbucks and social media platforms, as well as their users, have been quick to jump on any racial situation that involves black people, and rightfully so. Racism should not be tolerated anywhere, anytime, by anyone.
Except when it comes to white people it seems.
A barista at Starbucks who goes by the handle @dreamyvortex, posted an image with text saying:
“I HATE WHITE PEOPLE!!!! MOVE!!!! GO HOME!!!”
She followed that up in the same thread with:
“miss deborah wanted half soy half almond milk steamed seperately in different pitches for the same drink. DIE”
If it wasn’t for another user on Twitter that drew attention to this awful behaviour, you wouldn’t know about it.
Hey @Starbucks maybe you should close up for another half day of anti-racist training, that is unless you think it’s okay for your employees to “HATE WHITE PEOPLE”? pic.twitter.com/JxxdB3uaLE
— Math in Hell (@mathinhell) May 3, 2018
Starbucks did respond to @mathinhell’s tweet, but, there has been no more response from them, no public outcry over the situation, nor has there been any public statement from the coffee chain whatsoever.
Hi there, thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us. Behavior such as this is completely unacceptable and I would like the opportunity to learn more. Would you please send a DM with any additional information you may have regarding this tweet? -Ryan https://t.co/gOy521Fj9l
— Starbucks Help (@starbuckshelp) May 4, 2018
Still waiting on y’all to respond to my DM 🙄 pic.twitter.com/iyzAkTfI1f
— Math in Hell (@mathinhell) May 5, 2018
Then it seems after a bit of sleuthing from Twitter users, they found out @DreamyVortex cleared her account and switched to a second account, Twitter users found this out through her original profile before it was cleared, her profile said she is engaged to another user by the name of @Hydra0x01, who later changed her handle to @Kamenriderjess but still kept her Twitter picture the same and name ‘Jessica.’
Changed her account then someone else picked that name up. Her account is here pic.twitter.com/TmrdjlUWxp
— Math in Hell (@mathinhell) May 5, 2018
The Starbucks baristas fiancee has openly condemned the tweets by her partner and does not want to be attacked for it or involved, and to be fair she has on many occasions made it clear she doesn’t agree with what happened:
this situation has nothing to do with me. i do not agree with the tweets, and i don’t think it’s fair for me to be harassed for their choices. i’m sorry, i had no idea they would do this, and i don’t endorse them at all.
— jessica (@kamenriderjess) May 5, 2018
i have done nothing but condemn what kai has said, and restated that i share no opinions regarding race. this is progressing into harassment and bullying, and i ask once again for you to stop.
— jessica (@kamenriderjess) May 5, 2018
you are accusing me of a position that i am not taking, and you are accusing me of victimizing myself when i have stated that i do not wish to be involved in this situation.
— jessica (@kamenriderjess) May 5, 2018
Please do not harass me for my s/o’s actions and choices. While I am marrying them, I do not necessarily agree with all their choices. Thank you.
— jessica (@kamenriderjess) May 5, 2018
Just to be clear, the reason ‘Jessica’s’ tweets and replies are included in this article is not to ‘dox’ her or bring unwanted harassment. ‘Jessica’ publically replied to other users to set the record straight and her twitter information had been put on many users timelines long before this article was written.
The reason she is being added to this report is to inform everyone familiar with what has transpired, that ‘Jessica’ has responded and made her position clear and does not want any further harassment.
Starbucks has said they are looking into the matter, and hopefully, they keep that promise.
Racism on any level, from any race towards another race, is despicable, and you would like to think every situation would be handled with the same level of outrage as the other.
However, this hasn’t been the case. The media is silent, the same people outraged at other alleged racist situations at Starbucks are silent, and shockingly Starbucks themselves are silent.
We can only hope that an internal investigation has been launched and the barista who made these racist comments will be dealt with just as previous employees have been dealt by the company, and a public statement issued by the chain with an apology to Miss Deborah, the customer.
Any form of racism should not be tolerated.
