Is Juneteenth Just Another Work from Home Day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the real logistical problem is that its in the middle of the week. every other federal holiday is tied to a weekend. if it were the 3rd Monday in June, people would take a long weekend. A random Wednesday - I have stuff I have to get done.

What? Maybe time to double check your holiday calendar. Last I checked, January 1st, July 4th, and December 25th are not tied to weekends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why white people get off work?

You're a sad troll. Anyways, ask Opal Lee: "It's not a Texas thing or a Black thing. It's an American thing."

[Anonymous]

I like having a random day off in the middle of the week, actually.

[Anonymous]

Listen up, David Duke. This is a real holiday, an indispensable part of the American tradition.

Anyone out there claiming this is just a transparent grab by the DEI professionals to win themselves another day of freeloading that corporate America (white people) can’t object to is probably a structural racist of the worst sort.

I’m baking a traditional Juneteenth Pie, as did my mother and grandmother before me. It’s a recipe and tradition passed down to us from our forebears.

[Anonymous]

I am a fed in an agency that does care about Juneteenth so yes I took it off. I went to a commemoration event in my town and a museum.

[Anonymous]

I did a half day mostly to not fall completely behind

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We get Juneteenth off and our organization's leadership sends out messages about how important the day is to commemorate the end of slavery, how much still has to be done to advance equal rights, etc.

And then most people end up working at least half a day from home.

So is this really a holiday or not? Are we dishonoring the holiday by treating it as just another work day? I'm certainly not sitting back and reflecting on racial injustice when I've got a full email box from people pinging me on projects and upcoming deliverables.

That seems to be a YOU and YOUR WORKPLACE problem. Just like on any other federal Holiday. Do whatever the heck you want.

[Anonymous]

It is not a holiday at my workplace, which is a shame.

[Anonymous]

I played golf.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Listen up, David Duke. This is a real holiday, an indispensable part of the American tradition.

Anyone out there claiming this is just a transparent grab by the DEI professionals to win themselves another day of freeloading that corporate America (white people) can’t object to is probably a structural racist of the worst sort.

I’m baking a traditional Juneteenth Pie, as did my mother and grandmother before me. It’s a recipe and tradition passed down to us from our forebears.

What flavor pie?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a fed in an agency that does care about Juneteenth so yes I took it off. I went to a commemoration event in my town and a museum.

If you're a fed you have off whether you care about it or not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Listen up, David Duke. This is a real holiday, an indispensable part of the American tradition.

Anyone out there claiming this is just a transparent grab by the DEI professionals to win themselves another day of freeloading that corporate America (white people) can’t object to is probably a structural racist of the worst sort.

I’m baking a traditional Juneteenth Pie, as did my mother and grandmother before me. It’s a recipe and tradition passed down to us from our forebears.

What flavor pie?

Strawberry

[Anonymous]

I slept in, worked out, cleaned my car, took my mom to the dr, had some wine and read articles about Juneteenth. Work is for tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it a holiday for your company or not? If so, that's on you if you decide to work, just like if you were working on Memorial Day or MLK Day or whatever. If it's NOT a holiday, then you work or take PTO. This is not complicated.

+1 kids camps were closed so we went on a little day trip. Why would I treat it as a workday?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know why white people get off work?

Do you know why people with no connection to the military get Memorial Day off…or Veteran’s Day?

Memorial Day is to mourn & remember our military members who died serving our country.

Enslaved people built our country.

Not all of it. Asians built the entire west. There were no slaves ever in California. Asians were the ones who were blasting through granite in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

That was the Irish

Nah....it was overwhelming the Chinese. I suggest you read Ghosts of Gold Mountain. The Irish were extremely inefficient and terrible workers. The Chinese were so good they best the crap out of a British team that was thought to be the best in the world at blasting and laying track. The Chinese basically did all of the the hardest, most back breaking work building the west and for half the wages of the Irish.