Florida's attorney general has filed a discrimination lawsuit against Starbucks, accusing the coffee company of illegal DEI and race-based quota policies.

The 21-page lawsuit was filed Wednesday by the office of Attorney General James Uthmeier in Florida's Tenth Judicial Circuit and alleges Starbucks policies violate the state's Civil Rights Act.

The suit claims that for the past five years, Starbucks has "excluded or disfavored nonminorities in numerous employment practices and programs" with what it says are racial quotas and goals for hiring.

Starbucks is also accused in the suit of paying employees different wages because of their race, tying executive compensation to participation in race-based mentorship programs and race-based retention rates of employees, and of excluding peop

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