Look what happened at Starbucks 2 days ago with 2 (black) guys getting arrested for not buying something whilst waiting for a friend. Yes by law they should buy something....but give me a ferkin break....really...arrest them.
The Starbucks story is controversial, two sides to every story. The two guys in question (I don't care what color their skin is) were hanging out at Starbucks for quite some time, allegedly waiting for a friend. They were not buying anything, and one of them wanted to use the restroom. They were politely told that the restroom is for customers only. A confrontation ensued and they were asked to leave, and when they refused, police showed up and also politely asked them to leave, and when they refused, they were arrested for trespassing.
Plenty of businesses in big cities, to combat loitering and homeless people occupying their bathrooms, post signs that restroom use is for customer use only. If you are hanging out a coffee shop for at least 5 minutes and you have still not ordered anything, you are not a customer. Assuming these guys' story was true and they were waiting for a friend, what prevented them from pre-ordering their coffee, buying a cookie or a sandwich, to establish right their to be in that establishment?
Plenty of teens, bums, other sorts of people, get kicked out of places every day. Why did these 2 guys have to make a scene and a racial issue out of this?
I was at this one McDonalds in the city once, which had signs that if you order a meal, you are given 30 minutes to eat it and then you must leave if you don't order anything else. Controversial? Yes. But I'm sure it's their response to previous problems of having teens loiter that place after school and use it as a hangout, taking up space and not leaving any space of regular customers who come and go to sit. Remember, every rule has been enacted in response to a problem that has arisen previously.
Now, if that Starbucks has allowed non-blacks to hang out there without ordering anything and use the bathroom, then yes, it's a racial issue, and is shameful.