Instead of obligatory training, the opinion writer states that optional training is preferable. In essence, people may be more open and less likely to resent the practice altogether. Furthermore, the op-ed claims that the nature of the mandatory training may subtly or directly demonize certain trainees, thus breeding resentment.
What Do Americans Think Regarding the Anti-Discrimination Training?
Overall, the people of this nation have varying thoughts and feelings about Starbucks’ new anti-discrimination training. Some Americans believe that it will halt “implicit bias” and discrimination. Conversely, other individuals, like the foregoing op-ed writer, believe that Starbucks’ training will fail to have the intended impacts.
A couple of weeks ago, Fox News reported Starbucks’ employees’ concerns about needles, blood, and drug baggies within the restaurants’ bathrooms.
Readers of The Hill moreover weighed in with their thoughts regarding Starbucks’ new training and the potential forthcoming ramifications:
