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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My partner and I wanted to go to our local celebration but were hesitant. [b]We saw several social media posts by Black individuals who basically said the same thing: white people stay away, let us have something that's all ours.[/b]

We decided to not attend and respect those feelings. We did drive by and saw hardly any white people there. We decided to just show our support by visiting our favorite Black-owned restaurant for lunch.

It'll definitely be interesting to see how the holiday celebrations develop in the future.

Like, we didn't want to step on anyone's toes... but we also don't want there to be an attitude by others in our community that white people don't care. Very tricky to navigate. [/quote]

I’m Black and find this VERY damaging to the community. While Juneteenth is forever connected to the enslavement of Blacks (and I’ve certainly inherited the generational trauma from my ancestors), I think it should be seen as a holiday that celebrates human dignity and our equality as human beings. Therefore, we should celebrate TOGETHER as a community. I want to see my white neighbors, friends, and brethren there. I don’t want my Black brethren to celebrate while my white brethren are excluded and not sure what to do. That only further divides us and makes it more difficult to battle the ongoing issues of racism plaguing our society.[/quote]
Black woman here and I’m curious about what you saw that you interpreted as ‘basically being told to stay away’ because that is very different than the things that I was. Wondering if it’s just a difference set of people or if we’ve interpreted the same sorts of posts in different ways.[/quote]

Mostly IG stories which have expired by now. But literally,  "stay home white people" and also telling them to cash app black people reparations. Seriously. [/quote]

Black woman here and I saw those same IG posts as the PP above. I though the cashapp thing was inappropriate. I do somewhat agree with the activities being slightly different for Black people vs. Everyone else. For everyone else it is perhaps a day to reflect on your commitment to equality and anti-racism and ways to support communities of color. For African-Americans its celebrating being free-ish. That said I would personally want to see white people at events. The key is the holiday should not be taken over by white people or commodified. [/quote]

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