Mykaela Johnson
Period 1
Women banned from Saudi StarbucksThe article I read from CNN is about a Starbucks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that has a sign up banning women from entering. The sign reads, "Please no entry for ladies only send your driver to order thank you", meaning they can only send males in for them. The article continues to talk about how the sign caught the attention of social media after a tweeter who goes by "Manar N"posted photos of the sign and comparing it to segregation signs that were posted in the United States decades ago. Starbucks issued a statement to CNN basically saying they want all of their locations worldwide to represent equality and will attempt to fix the issue.
For those of us in the United States, this article may be extremely shocking. The United States hasn't experienced that form of blatant discrimination against women since the 60's. I believe since we haven't experienced such discrimination in a while and since the feminist movement has gained such popularity, we assume that the rest of the world isn't experiencing horrible discrimination. However the discrimination against women is highly severe is Saudi Arabia. Just as the United States had/has movements to end discrimination and segregation, Saudi Arabia and other countries will have to carry out movements of their own and need the support of countries like the United States in order to achieve equality among their men and women.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/07/world/saudi-starbucks-women-ban-feat/index.html
Brenna Hale(6th Period)
ReplyDeleteI agree that Saudi Arabia needs changes, women do not deserve to be treated this way. Though these customs are deeply engraved into their culture as well as their religion so it will be difficult to change.
It is ridiculous that they have a Starbucks that is discriminating against women. Luckily Starbucks has realized the issue and is addressing it.
ReplyDelete-Julianne Swaykus 6
I know that Saudi Arabia is a very controlling and dangerous place for women, but what could have made men decide that going into Starbucks wasn't allowed anymore?
ReplyDeleteThat's ridiculous, Starbucks is an American company, shouldn't the corporate owners be able to override the Saudi Arabia discrimination?
ReplyDeletesometimes people in privileged areas forget that there are still people that struggle for basic rights. I'm glad that this problem was brought to the attention of the public, so that it is fixed faster than if it were to remain just a neighborhood problem
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