African American

That’s why we have to talk about Starbucks,” he said. “It’s a much bigger company than this Elmwood Cafe. They are just going to wait for the heat to die down and go back to business as usual. This is about how black people are treated in this country. This issue is linked to the black teenage boy who was shot at when he was asking for directions.”

He noted that it happens everywhere and noted “you can’t get more liberal than Berkeley, California.” However, he urged people not to buy into the alt-right fantasy that Berkeley is some bastion of liberalism. It’s not as much as people think.