Actress Thandie Newton wasn’t too pleased when she walked into a London Starbucks to find an offensive display.
The controversial holiday red cups weren’t the culprit this time, but a display of a young black boy, dressed in a loincloth with a safari hat, holding a wicker basket full of coffee beans. The 43-year-old starlet took to Twitter to express her disapproval earlier this week:
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The coffee giant quickly responded to the Crash actress tweet- which went viral, issuing an apology:
‘We are very concerned to learn of this incident & we can’t apologize enough. We have removed the figure & are investigating.’
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