Is Starbucks a Modern-Day Slavemaster? by Paula Neal Mooney Expect Starbucks to be in the news a lot more this year ever since the documentary called Black Gold roasted the coffee giant, claiming Starbucks pays pennies to the Ethiopians who slave away gathering the beans that turn into the delicious cafe mochas and such us Americans scarf down by the gallon. Then Oxfam America conducted their Starbucks Day of Action last December. ( Watch it here if all you see is a big ol' blank square below): Then came Starbucks' bland response : Public response to how Starbucks treats the coffee-growers in ensuing months will be interesting to watch. I think any charity that attempts to get corporate giants who aren't doing the right thing to do the right thing by the oppressed poor is good. In the meantime, I also suggest personal culpability as well. Sure, folks will argue that a good portion of our tax dollars and the money we pay for products should go to the poor. But this, to me,...
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