Posted on 06/30/2020 3:27:04 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
Walmart is scrubbing its website of third-party merchandise with a slogan widely seen as diminishing the Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality and racism.
The nation's largest retailer said it's indefinitely halting sales of items declaring "All Lives Matter" after hearing from some workers and customers who questioned the intent behind the phrase. "We will continue to sell other variations, including 'Blue Lives Matter,'" a Walmart spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch in an email.
"We fundamentally believe all lives do matter and every individual deserves respect,'' the Walmart spokesperson stated. "However, as we listened, we came to understand that some, but not all, people using the phrase 'All Lives Matter' in the current environment intentionally minimized the focus on the painful reality of racial inequity."
Walmart in recent days faced criticism on social media for allowing the sale of merchandise viewed by critics as rebutting the Black Lives Matter movement. The slogan became the rallying cry of protesters after the killing of Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012 and more recently the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in June.
The retailer's move is one of many being made by corporations and public figures as the U.S. contends with racism after the killings of Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people by police.
Starbucks earlier this month reversed a policy that had prohibited BLM attire, with the coffee giant now encouraging workers to feel free to "wear your BLM pin or t-shirt." Taco Bell has also bowed to worker demands that the fast-food chain allow them to wear Black Lives Matter face masks.
Six Flags Over Georgia recently apologized for an incident in which a security guard stopped a mother and her three children because they were wearing shirts with slogans associated with the BLM movement.
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Babylon Bee ???
Onion ???
Hey WalMart, quit selling Chinese crap products.
“Inclusive” is the new “racist”.
diminishing is racist. who knew.
next, stepping on sidewalk cracks is racist, because cracker.
anyone who cannot agree with these simple rules cannot accept change. change is always good, except of course when it is bad.
How about “Some Lives Matter?”
[[[“Inclusive” is the new “racist”.]]]
Yep, segregation is where its at again.
The ALL inclusive one would read:
“NOTHING Much Matters Anymore”
I bet they would sell “White lives don’t matter” T shirts.
They might well join ‘em because no one else is fighting this BLM crap.
‘Listening’ seems to go one way. That’s dictatorship.
Only black lives killed by white cops matter.
Why,? That is the only true saying.
Maybe “Certain Lives” Matter?
It should read “China no longer manufacturers All Lives Matter T-shirts.”
Aren’t their any REAL Americans running big corporations anymore?
What about “All Lives Don’t Matter”?
Or: “Only Some Lives Matter”?
Or: “Only Lives of Senior Democrat Politicians Matter”?
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