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Today is Juneteenth, the day that celebrates the date in 1865 when the last of the slaves in America were freed. Of course this is an amazing day for Black people and Humanity as a whole but does it feel like a Holiday?
Has anyone said to you Happy Juneteenth? Are we supposed to say this to Black people? It sounds wrong and a bit racist for some reason.
July 4th Independence day is a Holiday for every single American but Juneteenth feels like it is only for a certain people.
It just seems odd to have a Holiday that singles out a Race because we are supposed to be One and Equal as Americans.
You do know we have numerous holidays that single out religions. Should we get rid of those?
To your statement though, this day in a sense, is probably the beginning of when the US started to treat everyone as equal, so actually is quite an important day based on your belief of one and equal, don't you think?
I don't think you are wrong. I had to laugh at an article in our local left wing (USA Today) paper today tell me as a white person why I should celebrate it. I am sure it's in every Gannett paper across the country if you want to catch it.
Today is Juneteenth, the day that celebrates the date in 1865 when the last of the slaves in America were freed. Of course this is an amazing day for Black people and Humanity as a whole but does it feel like a Holiday?
Has anyone said to you Happy Juneteenth? Are we supposed to say this to Black people? It sounds wrong and a bit racist for some reason.
July 4th Independence day is a Holiday for every single American but Juneteenth feels like it is only for a certain people.
It just seems odd to have a Holiday that singles out a Race because we are supposed to be One and Equal as Americans.
Am I wrong in thinking this?
We already have MLK day (a good thing) and Lincoln's birthday (Presidents Day). What in the world did we need yet another federal holiday for, when we are bleeding red ink, and there is so much that they could be working on? No reason for it.
If you feel the ending of slavery in the US is something that is/should only be celebrated by black folks, you might want to examine that emotion a little further, IMO.
I don't wish people a "Happy 4th of July!" on that holiday, or most other federal holidays, either. So......
All I know is the stock market is closed, and my garbage and recycling pickup day moves forward 1 day this week, which works just fine for me.
Everything else is about the same.
That said, I'll celebrate any holiday where a present's involved. And yummy food!
Being a new holiday we still have garbage pick ups unlike the other holidays that fall on a specific day instead of the X Monday of the month, excluding Labor Day. I guess the city considers that one as the sanitation workers special holiday so they skip that day like Christmas, New Year's, and the 4th of July.
Sure, happy mass shootings. Whatever happened to celebration activities like BBQ cookouts at home or in the park and or community events including cleaning up the community, church services, or other events? Some people just have to ruin good things by committing mass shootings.
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