{"id":1964440,"date":"2023-07-05T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T14:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-jerrys-on-july-4-says-us-exists-on-stolen-indigenous-land\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T10:41:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T14:41:55","slug":"ben-jerrys-on-july-4-says-us-exists-on-stolen-indigenous-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-jerrys-on-july-4-says-us-exists-on-stolen-indigenous-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s: US Built on Stolen Indigenous Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-jerrys-on-july-4-says-us-exists-on-stolen-indigenous-land%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1964440&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Left-wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/damage-control-unilevers-inclusive-ceo-struggles-to-renounce-ben-jerrys-anti-semitism\/\" title=\"Damage Control: Unilever\u2019s \u2018Inclusive\u2019 CEO Struggles To Renounce Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s Anti-Semitism\">ice cream maker<\/a> says US must make amends, starting with giving back Mt. Rushmore<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On Independence Day, Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s made a bold statement, declaring that the United States exists on stolen land that must be returned, beginning with Mount Rushmore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This 4th of July, it&#8217;s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it,&#8221; the ice cream brand <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benandjerrys\/status\/1676214289353572352\">tweeted<\/a> on the national holiday.<\/p>\n<p>The company went even further on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benjerry.com\/whats-new\/2023\/07\/stolen-indigenous-land\">website<\/a>, stating that traditional Independence Day celebrations can &#8220;distract&#8221; from &#8220;an essential truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ah, the Fourth of July. Who doesn&#8217;t love a good parade, some tasty barbecue, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-critics-blast-their-hypocrisy\/\" title=\"Ben &#038; Jerry's criticized for posting anti-American message on July 4th; accused of hypocrisy.\">stirring fireworks display<\/a>,&#8221; the Vermont-based company said. &#8220;The only problem with all that, though, is that it can distract from an essential truth about this nation\u2019s birth: The US was founded on stolen Indigenous land.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company firmly believes that the United States must take the first step towards justice by returning Mount Rushmore and the surrounding National Park land in South Dakota to tribal communities.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users responded by suggesting that Ben and Jerry&#8217;s should follow their own call to action. &#8220;Sounds like it\u2019s time for Ben and Jerry to donate 100% of their profits to indigenous people,&#8221; one user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FiveTimesAugust\/status\/1676357228868124675?s=20\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lead by example. What locations are you going to give back to the rightful owners of our land?&#8221; another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustStarman\/status\/1676304089792286720\">replied<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time the ice cream maker has courted controversy. In 2021, they <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/anti-semitic-ice-cream-flavor\/\">announced<\/a> that they would stop selling their ice cream in the West Bank and East Jerusalem due to inconsistency with their values. However, the parent company of Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s overruled that decision, stating that &#8220;anti-Semitism has no place in any society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company also shows support for left-wing activist Colin Kaepernick through the sale of a non<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-jerrys-on-july-4-says-us-exists-on-stolen-indigenous-land\/\" title=\"Ben &#038; Jerry's: US Built on Stolen Indigenous Land\">-dairy ice cream flavor featuring<\/a> his image called &#8220;Change the Whirled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the company was <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/kaepernick-rips-racist-family-but-stays-silent-on-nikes-use-of-slavery-and-child-labor\/\">implicated<\/a> in a February <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/25\/us\/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html\">expos\u00e9<\/a> that revealed migrant children are involved in the milk processing for the company&#8217;s ice cream.<\/p>\n<p>A Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s official defended these practices to the <em>Times<\/em>, stating that &#8220;if migrant children needed to work full time, it was preferable for them to have jobs at a well-monitored workplace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s, a left-wing ice cream maker, demands the US to make amends by returning stolen land, beginning with Mount Rushmore. 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