Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) Ngā mihi ki a koutou, e te hunga kino o te Ipurangi! He mahi pai, e nga kaitiaki o te huarahi pono-ki-te-korero-mo-te-iwi! Mēnā kāore mātou e whakaiti i te whakahē ki te kaupapa "Race Together" a Starbucks, e wehi ana ahau kāore he kamupene nui e whakamātau ki te kōrero anō mō te iwi - mō te 10 ki te 20 tau pea. Ko te mea tonu tērā e hiahiatia ana e tātou? Titiro, kua mārama ahau. Ko te tono ki ngā kaimahi o te wharekai kia kōrerorero mō te iwi, he nui rawa te tono ki ngā kaimahi e mahi kaha ana. Hei kore e whakahua, ko te kaupapa e tika ana kia kiia ko te "whakataetae ā-iwi", kaua ko te "iwi" anake. A he pātai tika mō ngā mea ka taea e Starbucks te tūmanako ki te whakatutuki, i konei. Engari he nui te tangi! I roto i nga haora e 48 kua hipa, kua nui ake te waituhi mamati a nga kaitautoko mo te tika o te iwi e whakahe ana ki a Starbucks mo te ngana ki te whawhai ki te whakahāweatanga i a raatau ki etahi atu kamupene (he whakahāweatanga). Ko te mea pono, kāore e taea e tātou te whai i ngā mea e rua. Kāore e taea e tātou te tono kia āraia e ngā kamupene te whakataetae, kātahi ka whakaekea i a rātou ina whakamātau rātau. Ae, he mea ahuareka noa iho te whakapiri atu, te tuku atu rānei i te kōrero kino. I ētahi wā, kua oaoa katoa tatou i te whakaongaonga iti e whiwhi ai te tangata mā te takahi i tētahi kamupene nui i runga ipurangi. Engari ko te utu i tēnei wā, kāore he kaporeihana e hiahia ana ki te mahi i tētahi mea auaha, hangahanga rānei i runga i ngā kaupapa ā-iwi mō te wā roa rawa. Inaa hoki, ko etahi o nga kaitohutohu e whakautu ana ki te iti o te aroha, te aroha me te atawhai, ko etahi atu umanga e rite ana ki te rere i tetahi atu huarahi. Ano hoki, koia te mea e hiahiatia ana e tātou? Ko Mellody Hobson, he mema no Awherika-Amerika o te poari o Starbucks me te hoa whaiaro, he kaitautoko nui mo tenei kaupapa. Ka pēhea te urupare a ētahi atu poari umanga ā muri ake, ina akiaki tētahi mema iti i te kamupene ki te kōrero tūmatanui i ngā take o te whakaurunga ā-iwi? E ngana ana a Starbucks ki te whakaputa i tētahi rerekētanga pai. Mēnā ka whiwhi utu te kamupene, ka whai mai ētahi atu. Engari kaore he tangata e hiahia kia whiua tana waitohu. I tētahi wā i te wā e heke mai ana, ka whakarewahia e ngā kaitohutohu he petihana tuihono, he whakahē rānei ki tētahi kamupene e hara ana ki tētahi whanonga whakahāwea tika. Engari me pehea te take o te tangata ki a tatou, ina...
He maha nga tangata i whakahe i a Starbucks i runga ipurangi mo tana kaupapa "Race Together". Van Jones: He aha te momo akoranga o tēnei ki ētahi atu kamupene e ngana ana ki te mahi i te mea tika?