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Title: Amazon workers in Chicago are reportedly outraged after they were provided chicken and waffles to celebrate Juneteenth
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Business Insider
URL Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/ama ... ffles-juneteenth-report-2020-6
Published: Jun 22, 2020
Author: Avery Hartmans
Post Date: 2020-06-22 22:25:18 by Deckard
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Views: 751
Comments: 5
Amazon workers in Chicago are reportedly outraged that local leadership offered employees a meal of chicken and waffles to celebrate Juneteenth, according to a report from CNBC. Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Chicago are reportedly outraged after the company offered employees chicken and waffles to celebrate Juneteenth. According to a report from CNBC's Annie Palmer, the facility's leadership notified employees last Thursday on a sign in the employee break room that it would provide the meal for employees on June 19 as a way to honor "the Black community by supporting local Black businesses." The decision to offer the meal was made by local leadership, including the site leader, who is Black, CNBC reports. The move angered employees, who reportedly took to a private group online to share their frustration, calling the decision a "racist form of celebration" and demanding a paid holiday to celebrate Juneteenth instead, according to CNBC. The meal has become a racist stereotype that has roots in the film "Birth of a Nation," the silent movie from the early 1900s that portrays the Ku Klux Klan as heroic. Amazon told Business Insider that the decision to offer the meal was made by local leadership, including the site leader, who is Black, and that the restaurant is a favorite among employees. "The leader who put on this event had good intentions to honor Juneteenth by supporting a local small business owned by a member of the Black community. After receiving some feedback from team members at the site, they've since decided to remove the sign in question," an Amazon spokesperson told Business Insider. Juneteenth is an annual holiday that honors the end of slavery in the US. While it isn't currently a federal holiday, many companies in the US have declared Juneteenth a holiday for employees in the wake of George Floyd's death and the protests that have followed. Nike, Lyft, Uber, Twitter, and more all made June 19 a paid holiday for employees. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sent a company-wide email last week alerting employees that he would be canceling all meetings on Juneteenth. He urged others to do the same and to use the day to "reflect, learn, and support each other," though he didn't declare the day a paid company holiday.
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#1. To: Deckard, All (#0)
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They should be grateful that they didn't get watermelon ...
I'm shocked! You may just have a sense of humor after all.
Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. I bet they mao'd down on that shi'ite till it was finished, THEN they bitched.
THIS IS A TAG LINE...Exercising rights is only radical to two people, Tyrants and Slaves. Which are YOU? Our ignorance has driven us into slavery and we do not recognize it.
Oh. For a minute there, I thought it was local leadership forced employees to eat a meal of chicken and waffles. Now that would be cause for outrage. They offered it? Hmmm. Why not simply refuse with a "No, thank you"?
What's the deal with fried chicken and waffles - is that really a good combination? BBQ sauce, or what? It just seems like Chocolate-Chip Cookies & Asparagus to me.
Amazon workers in Chicago are reportedly outraged after they were provided chicken and waffles to celebrate Juneteenth
#2. To: Gatlin (#1)
They should be grateful that they didn't get watermelon ...
The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom.
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Amazon workers in Chicago are reportedly outraged that local leadership offered employees a meal of chicken and waffles
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