UPDATE 1-Starbucks brews backlash with debate on U.S. race relations
March 18, 2015 at 19:16 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES/SEATTLE, March 18 (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Howard Schultz has deftly navigated thorny issues such as gay marriage, gun control and Congressional gridlock, but his move to weigh in on U.S. race relations has brewed up a social media backlash.
