#RaceTogether: what you're saying on social media

Why Race Together? Because talking about our issues with race is the first step in understanding and, over time, resolving them.

Starbucks and Paste BN have joined in a new initiative that aims to further the national conversation around race in America. We asked the following four questions on social media and received some great responses.

What is America's greatest race challenge?

Did you have a childhood friend of a different race that you've lost touch with? Why?

How have your racial views on race evolved from those of your parents?

When did you first become aware of your race?

Starbucks partner Deidra Brister: 'We're just one generation trying to get along'

Deidra Brister believes her mixed-race granddaughter has "the best of both worlds." People shouldn't let ignorance and fear keep them from making friends across races, Brister said recently at a town hall gathering of Starbucks employees in Chicago.

Alyssa Schukar and Eileen Blass, Paste BN

Starbucks partner Jordan Gohre: 'Everyone wants to play with your hair'

Starbucks employee Jordan Gohre, who is black and Sicilian, has grown used to stereotypes and microagressions. At an employee town hall meeting recently in Chicago, she also talks about how much harder things are for her brother and other black men.

Alyssa Schukar and Eileen Blass, Paste BN