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In the Starbucks incident neither man actually used the restroom, rather they were arrested for refusing to leave:

"Two black men walked into a Starbucks in downtown Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon and sat down. Officials said they had asked to use the restroom but because they had not bought anything, an employee refused the request. They were eventually asked to leave, and when they declined, an employee called the police" (1)

The charge of racism rests on the claim that they would not be asked to leave had they been white. But what is the evidence for that claim? Has no white person ever been asked to leave a Starbucks for sitting at a table without buying anything?

(1) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/us/starbucks-philadelphia...