Juneteenth National Independence Day Act (Pub. L. 117–17), passed by the 117th U.S. Congress and signed by President Biden on June 17, 2021, recognizes the freedom of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865, It marks when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the last enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy. It recognizes and celebrates a profound milestone in American history — the declaration of freedom for an entire race of American people who had been held in bondage for centuries. It's a holiday for all Americans. |
And, I would argue that a reason that it’s a “holiday for all Americans “ is that it provides an opportunity for all Americans to celebrate freedom for all Americans — unlike Independence Day, which celebrates something very different. DP |
Emancipation day would have been a better day to celebrate as its way to local of a holiday. None the less its a celebration of a particular group of americans, thus it is based on race per the PP. Given that many recent immigrants have no connection to the horrible legacy of slavery. |
Might I suggest November the 5th |
Or January 6. |
Emancipation day varies by state. Junteenth marks when the last enslaved people were freed/informed of their emancipation. All Americans have a connection to the horrible legacy of slavery in that our black countrymen and women are still suffering the aftereffects and continued racism on American soil. The white immigrants benefit from institutionalized racism. The black immigrants are greeted with racism ("sh ithole countries", to wit). |
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This is the kind of competition I can get behind, who can come up with more ways to have holidays.
They gave us Juneteenth. Just about the only thing Biden did that I agree with. |
It's absurd. Go back another generation and it was black people enslaving black people. You know who benefited from slavery in the US? A very small portion of rich white people. You know who the abolitionists were. Poor white people from the Midwest. They fought a war and died to stop the practice. What else do you want? Democrats especially Northern Democrats were trading in slaves well after the Civil War. Look into Harvard they were sailing down to the Cuban plantations to study plant physiology. Fast forward to the sixties and the blacks got their Democrat Civil rights bill. Don't have any problems with Democrats exploitation. |
This. It’s bananas. Everyone realizes it’s bananas. And yet nobody is even attempting to call out the crazy and rein it in. And while these things seem silly, the reality is the mounting unethical behavior coupled with the downright dangerous attacks on our democracy, the rule of law, and beyond are damaging our country in myriad ways. Shame on Congress for not taking action. Shame on the Supreme Court for not doing the right thing. Shame on the American voters who put him in office. Shame on the democrats for not reining in their own side, better handling Biden’s waning years, and ultimately creating the situation that prompted people to vote against Biden. |
I’ll ignore the Trump foolishness. MLK is one of the most important figures in American history. He persevered and never gave up. Not until a White man gunned him down. When the protests and police brutality were shown on TV the country was shocked to see what was going on in these Southern states and demanded change. The Civil Rights Act is one of the most successful bills passed. It’s take a committed racist to use executive power to eliminate people’s ability to enjoy a federal park on a federal holiday for free. Protests should be happening at the major federal parks around the country. |
What did you do to commemorate flag day last year? I vaguely remember maybe 4th grade putting up flags for flag day. But that was the last I heard of it. If racist Trump could get away with it he’d eliminate MLK federal holiday for good. |
Good point about holidays celebrating “a particular group of Americans.” And noting how some of these more focused holidays are “thus based on race”. So many “recent immigrants have no connection to the horrible legacy” of being taxed and colonized by Britain. That would make celebrating so-called “Independence Day” on the 4th of July both racist and irrelevant to the vast majority of Americans, no? |