TRENDING STORY: Ben & Jerry's Parent Company Loses $2.5 Billion After Founders' July 4 Tweet Calling for US to Return 'Stolen Indigenous Land'

 

"This 4th of July, it's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it," Ben & Jerry's wrote on its Twitter account, linking to a blog post on the topic.

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Meanwhile, others took the moment to call out Ben & Jerry’s for the company’s own alleged theft of Indigenous land.

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Ben & Jerry’s parent company has lost roughly $2.5 billion in market cap amid calls to boycott the Vermont-based ice cream maker over a July 4 tweet condemning the US for existing on “stolen Indigenous land.” Shares of Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch multinational firm, slid as much as 1% at Thursday’s opening bell after closing down .5% the previous day.

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