A new lawsuit has accused the Starbucks Corporation of violating Florida’s Civil Rights Act with its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a complaint against the Seattle-based coffee company on Dec. 10, accusing it of implementing and enforcing race-based quotas for hiring and advancement.
“My office is suing Starbucks for using DEI policies that cross the line into illegal race-based quotas,” Uthmeier said in a video posted on X on Dec. 10.
“Starbucks made DEI more than a slogan. They turned it into a mandatory hiring and promotion system based on race. The coffee empire set numerical racial targets for their workforce and they tied executive bonuses to those targets. That is brazen discrimination and it is against the law.”…