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Ashlie D. Stevens

Walmart pulls Juneteenth ice cream

Exterior view of a Walmart store Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images

Over the last few years, a fair amount of ice cream flavors have achieved a certain level of viral popularity. Look no further than Dolly Parton's Strawberry Pretzel Pie, a collaboration with Jeni's, or Oddfellow's "Bodega Capsule," which was released in partnership with Desus Nice and The Kid Mero.

Over the past few days, however, Walmart quickly unstocked its branded "Juneteenth" ice cream. Its release had gone viral for a very different reason: allegations of "profiting from pain."

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