‘Protein leaders’ peddling bitterness

The world’s second-largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork has exalted the obscure observance of when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached slaves in Texas over the date of America’s independence.

The company reportedly sold its employees t-shirts that crossed out July 4 and read, “Juneteenth 1865, because my ancestors weren’t free in 1776.”