Starbucks To Pay Former Manager $25.6 Million After Lawsuit Alleging She Was Fired For Being White

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Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated June 15, 2023

A former Starbucks regional manager won big in court after suing her former employer, alleging that she and other white employees were unfairly penalized after two Black men were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia in 2018.

Shannon Philips was awarded$600,000 in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages after a jury found that Starbucks violated her

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