Minecraft is donating today's profits to racial justice causes for Juneteenth

Profits from sales of Minecraft and Minecraft Dungeons on digital stores today will be donated to several racial justice causes, in celebration of Juneteenth. The annual event on June 19th marks the day in 1865 that a Union army general formally announced in Texas that all Texan slaves were now free, and has grown to be celebrated countrywide. Mojang have also switched one of the groups they’re donating to, from the initially-announced Black Lives Matter Foundation to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. That’s… a whole story in itself, an expensive case of mistaken identity.

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