Florida believes Starbucks may be violating anti-discrimination law: here’s why

Florida’s top law enforcement official suspects the popular coffee chain Starbucks could be violating state anti-discrimination law over its publicly stated commitments to concepts like “equity, inclusion and diversity.”

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody made an announcement this week, on The Sean Hannity Show guest-hosted by Gov. Ron DeSantis, that she filed a complaint against the chain.

The rationale for the complaint is “publicly available policies,” Moody’s office said, including Starbucks’ vows to ensure its corporate positions are fulfilled by at least 30% Black, Indigenous and people of color by 2025.

The chain also wants at least 40% of its retail and manufacturing roles to be composed of those groups by 2025.

“The Starbucks policies described above appear on their face to be racial quotas,” the official complaint states. “They set specific race-based employment targets.”