Starbucks is closing more than 8,000 locations for racial bias training today — here's which shops will remain open

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Starbucks is closing more than 8,000 company-owned stores for racial bias training on Tuesday, May 29. More than 175,000 employees are required to attend the training.  Starbucks' 7,000 licensed stores in hotels, airports, and universities are not expected to close.

Starbucks is closing more than 8,000 company-owned stores for racial bias training on Tuesday afternoon. 

The training comes after a video went viral that showed two black men being arrested at a Starbucks location in Philadelphia. Employees at the store called the police when the men refused to leave after asking to use the restroom without having purchased any drinks.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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