article_snippet: Standing firm: Schultz addressed the massive social media backlash during the company's annual shareholder's meeting in Seattle on Wednesday (pictured), saying: 'Standing firm intentions are pure'
article_snippet: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's bold decision to encourage Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz baristas to discuss race relations with willing customers has filled me with shock and awe,' Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wrote in Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz TIME magazine column. '
article_snippet: I'm in awe of Starbucks CEO
article_snippet: I'm in awe that Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's willing to put morality above profits.
article_snippet: I'm in awe that Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's willing to endure the snarky ridicule and lame coffee jokes from pundits as well as the inevitable death threats from clueless trolls.
article_snippet: But while in awe of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz chutzpah, I'm also in shock that Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz thinks this will actually work.'
article_snippet: Abdul-Jabbar, who at 67 has expanded Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz talents beyond basketball to become a celebrated writer, actor and filmmaker quoted George Bernard Shaw as Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz praised Starbucks' 'noble goal.' '
article_snippet: Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change those who cannot change their minds minds cannot change anything,' Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz quoted.
article_snippet: However, Abdul-Jabbar admitted Abdul-Jabbar has serious concerns with how Starbucks are attempting to bring about change.
article_snippet: Defense: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz told Good Morning America on Thursday that Abdul-Jabbar is simply trying to use the company's reach for good with the company
article_snippet: The problem with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Race
article_snippet: Abdul-Jabbar even likened Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to the highly moral character of Starbuck in Moby Dick trying to stop the blasphemous actions of Ahab. '
article_snippet: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was joined on stage at the annual meeting by rapper Common, who also spoke about the importance of engaging with people from different backgrounds in support of the campaign .
article_snippet: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has defended the campaign as 'very genuine'.
article_snippet: During Starbucks' annual shareholders meeting in Seattle on Wednesday, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultzsaid Starbucks is simply trying to use Starbucks massive reach for good. '
article_snippet: Some in the media will criticize Starbucks' for having a political agenda,' Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said. '
article_snippet: This Morning on Thursday, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz added: 'This is a highly charged, highly emotional issue, Our understand that.
article_snippet: A letter from Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to Starbucks Partners regarding Race Together: .
article_snippet: He said that He was not surprised by the backlash but that if Starbucks's workers can 'elevate the understanding and the empathy with one customer per day', He will be satisfied.
article_snippet: Schultz said at the time that Starbucks' was neither for nor against guns, underscoring that even a company that wants a voice in national conversations has to be careful about alienating customers.
highlights_snippet: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wrote that while there has been criticism of initiative, the companydid not expect universal praise'
  Six-time NBA champion has spoken out in defense of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and the company's 'Race Together' campaign .