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Wed 19 Jun, 2024 08:38 pm
Hi. Happy Juneteenth 2024! June 19th is Juneteenth in the U.S.
Are you doing anything special for the holiday?
I'm not. I don't know too much about the holiday. I first learned about the holiday back in 2023.
Please help. Thank you.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth :
" Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. "
Why is no one responding to this thread? Is it because Juneteenth is an African American holiday?
I observe Juneteenth and have for many years. I have started threads about it on here. It's something for whites to take note of and to share a bit of shame that the event was necessary in the first place.
@JGoldman10,
Quote:Why is no one responding to this thread?
well, you
did wait until the day was practically over.
pro tip -- start your "holiday" threads the day before...
@JGoldman10,
JGoldman10 wrote:
Why is no one responding to this thread? Is it because Juneteenth is an African American holiday?
Why would you even suggest that? Have you seen instances of discrimination on here that I haven't?
This random, unfounded comment comes from a mixed-race person who only recently learned of the existence of the holiday. Such hypocrisy!
@edgarblythe,
edgarblythe wrote:I observe Juneteenth and have for many years.
For
many years? How is that possible? It wasn't officially designated a federal holiday till 2021.
@JGoldman10,
Not a designated holiday, but an event many of us already were observing yearly.
@Mame,
I probably shouldn't have jumped the gun and assumed people weren't responding to the thread because of cultural bias. I could have worded my question differently.
@edgarblythe,
What did people do to observe Juneteenth before it became a federal holiday in 2021?
@Ragman,
African American is my ethnicity, despite having a White Jewish dad; I have partial Sub-Saharan African ancestry. African Americans are not racially-pure.
@JGoldman10,
White people, myself included, gave it lip service and promoted awareness among friends and online. Blacks who observed it did more, but I can't speak for them.
@JGoldman10,
Certain Southern states still don't recognise it but still have a day off for Jefferson Davis.
@JGoldman10,
Practically nobody is "racially pure" so join the club.
@JGoldman10,
"Racially pure" isn't a phrase that should fall so naturally from the mouth of someone of Jewish heritage.
It's a phrase redolant of the Third Reich.
@JGoldman10,
I certainly have no bone to pick with anyone with regards to their race. Most of us are a mixture and, as such, I embrace the diversity. Where I take issue with you is how you overreacted when members here didn’t respond quickly to your query and assumed it was due to their racial biases - especially when you yourself had only become aware of it fairly recently.
@izzythepush,
They have a day off for a man who was pro-slavery?
@JGoldman10,
No, it's not a celebration for Jefferson Davis........I think it might have been a joke.
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