Starbucks’ grand plan to have their baristas hassle customers about race relations has tanked pretty quickly, receiving lots of shade from all sides. Basically nobody thinks that awkwardly talking about race over your morning coffee run is productive, and the “conversation” they purportedly wanted to start has been going so well that Starbucks’ Senior Vice President of Communications temporarily shut down his Twitter account.
But at least two Americans are super excited about the campaign–and they both work at Fox News.
“I actually like this idea,” Eric Bolling confessed Tuesday to “The Five.”
“You do?” replied an increduluous Juan Williams.
“I think it’s a great way to start the conversation,” he said. “Fantastic that they are going to take the discussion from behind the counter to the people.”
“I know a lot of people are going to have a problem with me saying this, but it’s a great place to start,” Bolling continued. “I love it. I think Schultz has been on the cutting-edge of a lot of things, and hopefully he’s on the cutting-edge of improving the race relations in this country.”
And the next morning, Brian Kilmeade echoed this sentiment on “Fox and Friends.” Kilmeade battled off his disgruntled co-hosts, insisting that Starbucks could be a great venue for these discussions, and that Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz “is a guy trying to save major problems.”
“I kind of am intrigued by it,” he said. “I salute Howard Schultz; he’s trying to make a difference while still making a lot of money off it.”
Mediaite has both clips spliced together.
