Posted on 05/24/2022 12:46:16 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
UPDATE10:53 AM PT -- 5/4 -- Walmart has officially pulled the ice cream. 7:25 AM PT -- 5/4 -- Walmart has apologized for the ice cream. In a statement to Fox LA, a Walmart rep says, "Juneteenth holiday marks a celebration of freedom and independence. However, we received feedback that a few items caused concern for some of our customers and we sincerely apologize. We are reviewing our assortment and will remove items as appropriate."
Welp, here's the latest entry to the Tone-Deaf Marketing Hall of Fame (there really should be one by now) ... Walmart's Juneteenth Ice Cream is MOA -- melting on arrival -- with critics, as one might expect.
As soon as the retail giant started putting the "Celebration Edition" on its freezer shelves ... the Twitter mob sounded off, calling the idea "garbage," and worse. The pints contain swirled red velvet and cheesecake ice cream flavors ... and included the message, "Share and celebrate African-American culture, emancipation and enduring hope."
Yes, all positives, but also ... exploitive for capitalism's sake??? That's the tone of the backlash against Walmart ahead of the new federal holiday -- June 19th will mark the 2nd year it's recognized -- which commemorates the day the last enslaved Americans got the news President Lincoln had abolished slavery
Walmart is also launching a similar "celebration edition" for Pride Month, which is also coming up in June. That flavor is white chocolate ice cream with brownies and cherries.
Depending on your viewpoint ... that's either equal opportunity, or equally offensive.
Did Walmart pull it because a) they had watermelon flavor, or b) they didn’t have watermelon flavor?
Our master ice cream makers have created a flavor that will enslave you. Emancipate it at your local grocery store.
They’re doing a full ramp up of trying to replace July 4th.
My wokeified company is holding a “Juneteenth cookout” to celebrate diversity and freedom.
I actually agree with celebrating Juneteenth. This stuff just shows that no good deed goes unpunished.
Was the ice cream vanilla with raspberry swirls to represent all the bloodshed spent to end slavery?
My idea for holidays would have been to add Juneteenth to the federal calendar, which has been done, in exchange for separating “Presidents Day” back into Washington and Lincoln’s Birthdays.
only if Columbus day stays Columbus day.
How stupid of them to get even remotely involved in politics. Especially with Americans so on edge these days.
For every one thing they say in support of black culture there’s 10 awful things about it they can’t mention about the rot that it’s become.
None of my black friends are inconsolable crybabies.
Are we still pretending that this is a real holiday? Can’t we just drop it already
Vanilla over strawberry's?
Florida watermelons already out, I picked one up in Virginia this morning. I don’t eat ice cream just fruit. Doctor’s orders.
You can’t placate radicals with any amount of pandering. Outrage is their normal state of mind. There’s no point in even trying.
Ohhhh you bad!
lol
Forget that...what is this supposed to “represent”??
Walmart is also launching a similar “celebration edition” for Pride Month, which is also coming up in June. That flavor is white chocolate ice cream with brownies and cherries.
I’ve read that some of the objections are because the Juneteenth ice cream was sold under Walmart’s “Great Value” logo, which some saw as demeaning because it’s a discount brand.
I wonder what the reaction would have been if a premium ice cream maker had come up with it?
Absolutely.
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