{"id":1966136,"date":"2023-07-06T20:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T00:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-jerrys-parent-company-gets-its-stock-rocked-after-ice-cream-maker-posts-woke-july-4-tweet\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T20:27:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T00:27:40","slug":"ben-jerrys-parent-company-gets-its-stock-rocked-after-ice-cream-maker-posts-woke-july-4-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-jerrys-parent-company-gets-its-stock-rocked-after-ice-cream-maker-posts-woke-july-4-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent company of Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s sees stock plummet after ice cream maker&#8217;s woke July 4 tweet."},"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\">34<\/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-parent-company-gets-its-stock-rocked-after-ice-cream-maker-posts-woke-july-4-tweet%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=1966136&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--><h2>People who live in glass houses\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/06\/ben-jerrys-boycott-calls-unilever-stock-falls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported that Unilever, the company that owns Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s ice cream, has suffered a decrease in stock price and market cap after Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s posted a tweet on Independence Day condemning the U.S. for existing on \u201cstolen Indigenous land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis 4th of July, it\u2019s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it,\u201d the <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> said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This 4th of July, it\u2019s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it. Learn more and take action now: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/45smaBmORH\">https:\/\/t.co\/45smaBmORH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a6qp7LXUAE\">pic.twitter.com\/a6qp7LXUAE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s (@benandjerrys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benandjerrys\/status\/1676214289353572352?\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>By Thursday, two days after the woke tweet, Unilever\u2019s stock price had fallen 1.9 percent for a corresponding market cap loss of $1.7 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s tweet left out the fact that the land its headquarters sits on in Burlington, Vermont, is within the historic territory of the Abenaki tribe, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/ben-jerrys-headquarters-abenaki-native-american-vermont-1811343#:~:text=Ben%20%26%20Jerry's%20headquarters%2C%20as%20stated,it%20within%20historic%20Abenaki%20territory.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users were quick to point out the hypocrisy and demand that the restitution of land start with Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Give ALL of your property and land back to the Native Americans right now then\u2026 or shut up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRunsHisMouth\/status\/1676379120295464965?\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Serious question\u2013how far back in history do you go until you stop recognizing \u201cstolen land\u201d? Or inversely, how long forward in the future does it take for \u201cstolen land\u201d to become the acceptable land of the inhabitants?<\/p>\n<p>Land has swapped hands and between peoples many times\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 aiartbro.eth (@aiartbro_eth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aiartbro_eth\/status\/1676424624496623622?\">July 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">become a non profit. Give all your proceeds to native american families. Put your money where your mouth is. Only hire volunteers. Step down from your CEO positions for a person of color. Give up your house and your private land that you own first.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hi-Rez The Rapper (@HiRezTheRapper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HiRezTheRapper\/status\/1676313977914298369?\">July 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nOf course, Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s executives have no intention of \u201creturning\u201d their land. Their tweet was just rhetoric, allowing them to signal their commitment to social justice and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-protest-white-supremacy-after-black-man-arrested-for-attack-on-asian-man-in-san-francisco\/\" title=\"Activists Protest \u2018White Supremacy\u2019 After Black Man Arrested For Attack On Asian Man In San Francisco\">ending \u201cwhite supremacy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like every other company, they\u2019re here to make as much money as possible. If they were concerned about \u201cracism,\u201d they wouldn\u2019t be in the business of making a fatty, sugary dessert in a country where black people are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov\/omh\/browse.aspx?lvl=4&#038;lvlid=18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twice as likely<\/a> to die from diabetes as white people.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s hasn\u2019t figured out that ice cream is, of course, inherently racist.<\/p>\n<p>It also apparently hasn\u2019t figured out that the American people are sick and tired of being lectured and treated like criminals by the self-righteous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/250-celebrities-sign-letter-support-mutilation-children-names\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">woke elite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although there are many things companies like Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s and Bud Light don\u2019t like about regular Americans, they sure do like their money.<\/p>\n<p>But it looks like some Americans aren\u2019t willing to be the puppy that licks your hand after you\u2019ve kicked it. Woke companies are starting to learn that they\u2019re going to have to pick between their politics and their bottom line.<\/p>\n<p>Bud Light learned it the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tale-two-maps-bud-lights-last-hope-absolutely-slaughtered-4th-july\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hard way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Will Ben &#038; Jerry\u2019s be next?<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ben-jerrys-parent-company-gets-stock-rocked-ice-cream-maker-posts-woke-july-4-tweet\/\">Ben &#038; Jerry&#8217;s Parent Company Gets Its Stock Rocked After Ice Cream Maker Posts Woke July 4 Tweet<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>, Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s ice cream stirred controversy by tweeting about the U.S. existing on &#8220;stolen Indigenous land.&#8221; Consequently, Unilever, the company&#8217;s owner, faced a decline in stock price and market cap, as reported by The New York Post. The incident highlights the potential consequences of expressing controversial views in today&#8217;s sensitive social climate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2105,"featured_media":1966137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}