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Ben & Jerry’s Agrees That #BlackLivesMatter & The Internet Comes Up With Ice Cream Flavor Names For The Movement

<p>Ice cream company&comma;  <strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;benjerry&period;com&sol;whats-new&sol;why-black-lives-matter">Ben And Jerry&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;a><&sol;strong> made an epic step towards the fight for justice for all Americans when they endorsed the Black Lives Matter movement&period; On their website&comma; they made a very long&comma; detailed statement about why Black lives matter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Black lives matter&comma;&&num;8221&semi; they began&period; &&num;8220&semi;They matter because they are children&comma; brothers&comma; sisters&comma; mothers&comma; and fathers&period; They matter because the injustices they face steal from all of us — white people and people of color alike&period; They steal our very humanity&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition&comma; they said what we&&num;8217&semi;ve all been trying to explain for years now&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;All lives do matter&period; But all lives will not matter until Black lives matter&period;&&num;8221&semi; As soon as the statement went viral&comma; the internet celebrated by creating the &num;BenAndJerrysNewFlavor hashtag in which people from all over the world made up new ice cream flavors with a touch of black pride&period; Here are some of the most hilarious flavors we&&num;8217&semi;ve seen on Twitter today&excl;<br &sol;>&NewLine;1&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;Snickers With An Attitude&&num;8221&semi; &commat;firefire100<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>2&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;Fudge The Police&&num;8221&semi; &commat;Kevunn<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>3&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;Million Mango March&&num;8221&semi; &commat;JKeys2life<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>4&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;Go Shawty&comma; Its Sherbet Day&&num;8221&semi; &commat;karyewest<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>5&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;He Was Unarmed Dough&&num;8221&semi; &commat;nuffsaidNY<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>6&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;All Chocolate Matters&&num;8221&semi; &commat;PRINCETrieton&lowbar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>7&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;Make Em Say Uhh&comma; Ba-na-na-na&&num;8221&semi; &commat;koopa&lowbar;kinte<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>8&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;Shea Butter Pecan&&num;8221&semi; &commat;SKTV&lowbar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>9&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;Thurgood Marshmallow&&num;8221&semi; &commat;maybeitstien<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>10&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;Wish A Nougat Would&&num;8221&semi; &commat;waynemidnite<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>11&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;Hands Up&comma; Don&&num;8217&semi;t Scoop&&num;8221&semi; &commat;Ignant&lowbar;MF<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>12&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;I Have A Cream&&num;8221&semi; &commat;Phil&lowbar;Lewis&lowbar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>13&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;Pop&comma; Lock and Chocolate&&num;8221&semi; &commat;itsmikailii<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>14&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;Rum Raisin In the Sun&&num;8221&semi; &commat;BlackMajiik<br &sol;>&NewLine;15&period;&rpar; &&num;8220&semi;Birth of a Pecan&&num;8221&semi; &commat;whitehallcoffee<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ben &amp&semi; Jerry&&num;8217&semi;s statement&comma; as bold as it may be to some&comma; includes every reason why the &num;BLM movement was created&period; If all lives matter then it shouldn&&num;8217&semi;t bother you when someone else says that Black lives matter&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; Talia O&period; &commat;theclosetratchet on Instagram &amp&semi; &commat;tallyohhh on Twitter&excl;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Via&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;benjerry&period;com&sol;whats-new&sol;why-black-lives-matter"><b>Ben &amp&semi; Jerry&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;b><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"23169" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ben-jerrys-agrees-that-blacklivesmatter-the-internet-comes-up-with-ice-cream-flavor-names-for-the-movement&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0fd8f29de8"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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