Starbucks ordered to pay $25.6 million to former employee who claimed race discrimination

Starbucks was ordered to pay $25.6 million in damages to a former employee, Shannon Phillips, who claimed she was fired because of her race.

Phillips argued that she was fired because she disagreed with Starbucks' handling of a 2018 incident in which two Black men were arrested while sitting in a Starbucks.

The jury found that Starbucks discriminated against Phillips by firing her.

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