Sephora shuts all its US stores for an hour today for "diversity training" after a black woman was "racially profiled"

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Beauty chain Sephora will close its US stores on Wednesday for diversity training, a month after a racial incident involving singer SZA.

The R&B artist said she had been racially profiled while shopping at a Sephora store in California.

The firm told Reuters it was aware of the incident but said the training was not "a response to any one event".

Last year Starbucks held inclusion training amid racial profiling allegations.

In a tweet on 1 May, SZA said while shopping at a Sephora store outside of Los Angeles, an employee she identified as "Sandy" had "called security to make sure I wasn't stealing".

Oh well, I'd have checked her pockets, too.

It goes without saying that Bernard Arnault - the owner of LVMH and Sephora - belongs to the same tribe as the owners of Nike, Starbucks and the other corporations. Coincidence? Nah.