{"id":2271608,"date":"2024-06-19T14:16:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicken-giant-tyson-sells-employees-juneteenth-shirts-that-strike-out-july-4-as-independence-day\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T14:20:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:20:13","slug":"chicken-giant-tyson-sells-employees-juneteenth-shirts-that-strike-out-july-4-as-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicken-giant-tyson-sells-employees-juneteenth-shirts-that-strike-out-july-4-as-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Sells Juneteenth Shirts to Employees, Crossing Out &#8216;July 4&#8217; as Independence Day"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fchicken-giant-tyson-sells-employees-juneteenth-shirts-that-strike-out-july-4-as-independence-day%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=2271608&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--><p>Tyson\u2064 Foods, a major U.S.-based meat supplier, created controversy with their choice of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">t-shirts<\/a> for their annual Juneteenth celebration, \u200bwhich\u2062 included \u200bdesigns that suggested July 4 should not be recognized as America&#8217;s Independence Day. These shirts featured messages like \u200d\u201cJuneteenth is \u2064my Independence Day\u201d and\u200b designs \u200ccrossing\u200c out \u201cJuly 4\u201d \u200bwith the text \u200d\u201cJuneteenth 1865\u200c because my ancestors weren\u2019t free in 1776.\u201d \u2063The designs \u2063also featured \u200cthe\u200b black\u2062 power fist. Following inquiries by The Daily Wire, Tyson&#8217;s Virginia office was reportedly ordered to halt\u200c the sales\u2063 of \u2063these shirts and issue refunds to those\u2064 who had made\u200d purchases. Later, a Tyson spokesman stated the company hadn&#8217;t been aware of \u200bthe t-shirt designs prior to their proposal and\u2063 had decided against them after reviewing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Foods, the U.S.-based meat supplier that\u2019s grown to be one of the world\u2019s largest companies, offered shirts to employees for this its annual Juneteenth celebrations that literally cross out \u201cJuly 4\u201d as the nation\u2019s Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p>Emails obtained by The Daily Wire show the poultry industry giant selling shirts for its annual Juneteenth celebration that say the holiday, marking the day in 1865 that African Americans in Texas learned that slavery had been abolished in the United States, is the nation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candace-owens-my-juneteenth-tweet-trended-for-three-days-heres-why-im-right\/\" title=\"CANDACE OWENS: My Juneteenth Tweet Trended For Three Days. Here\u2019s Why I\u2019m Right.\">true independence day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJuneteenth is my Independence Day,\u201d reads one shirt offered, while another, under a crossed out July 4 date, states, \u201cJuneteenth 1865 because my ancestors weren\u2019t free in 1776.\u201d Many of the shirts also incorporate the black power fist.<\/p>\n<p>After The Daily Wire inquired about the shirts offered for the celebration, a source inside Tyson Foods says their Virginia office was ordered to cancel the sale and refund any employee who purchased a shirt. Days later, a spokesman for Tyson said it was \u201cunaware of the t-shirt designs.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTyson Foods was unaware of the t-shirt designs proposed by a team member,\u201d the spokesman said. \u201cUpon review, it was determined that the t-shirts do not meet the company\u2019s dress code policy, and they will not be sold or distributed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how the shirts violate the dress code policy. The company did not respond to follow-up questions.<\/p>\n<p>The Arkansas-based corporation has faced criticism for years for embracing far-left politics. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tyson-foods-hiring-illegal-migrants-in-new-york-wants-more-theyre-very-very-loyal\">openly declared<\/a> earlier this year that it wanted to hire as many illegal migrants as it could, even as it shut down a plant that employed over 1,000 people in Iowa, stating that illegal workers were \u201cvery, very loyal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-linked-legislative-group-has-partnered-for-years-with-a-chinese-propaganda-front\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden-Linked Legislative Group Has Partnered for Years With a Chinese Propaganda Front\">website features<\/a> a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tysonfoods.com\/who-we-are\/our-people\/inclusion-diversity\">Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion<\/a>\u201d tab that highlights the existence of multiple internal identity groups, including ones for \u201cLatinx\u201d employees and another \u201cPride\u201d group.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_752949\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-752949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of Tyson Foods website<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Numerous employees complained internally about the shirts offered for Juneteenth, which was made a national holiday by President Joe Biden in 2021. The shirts, according to the order form supplied to employees, were set to be created by a local vendor called Make It Happen Customz LLC.<\/p>\n<p>The holiday, long celebrated locally in Texas, garnered nationwide attention as Black Lives Matter staged protests across the country in 2020 that were embraced by corporate America. Liberal commentators argued in 2020 that July 4 shouldn\u2019t be celebrated because black Americans weren\u2019t independent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJuneteenth \u2014 not the Fourth of July \u2014 was the real Independence Day,\u201d wrote one author, further arguing that \u201cit is difficult to take pride in being American\u201d on July 4 because of the \u201cintolerance and oppression\u201d still present in society.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Foods, a major U.S. meat supplier, provided employees with shirts for its Juneteenth celebration that crossed out &#8220;July 4&#8221; as the nation&#8217;s Independence Day. 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