Happy Juneteenth!

@metal-brain said
Which teenth?
Couldn't they specify in the name which teen?
So stupid!

What is next? June 20 something?

Why tie it down to a day when you can have the whole month. It’s hilarious that you of all people think they are stupid.

@kevcvs57 said
Why tie it down to a day when you can have the whole month. It’s hilarious that you of all people think they are stupid.

Black people already have a month, February is Black history month.

WOW…sooner than I thought.

Oakland shooting near Juneteenth celebration leaves 1 dead, several hurt

https://www.foxnews.com/us/oakland-shooting-near-juneteenth-celebration-leaves-1-dead-several-hurt

animals

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/20/juneteenth-celebrations-nation-marred-shootings-death/

@mott-the-hoople said
WOW…sooner than I thought.

Oakland shooting near Juneteenth celebration leaves 1 dead, several hurt

https://www.foxnews.com/us/oakland-shooting-near-juneteenth-celebration-leaves-1-dead-several-hurt

Not me, I figured it would start on the very first day.
Next year I wager it will be far worse.

@dood111 said
Not me, I figured it would start on the very first day.
Next year I wager it will be far worse.

look at my link in post above yours...it already has started.

Fed workers get a day off at a cost of 6 million and blacks get to die...yeah, a real cause for celebration.

@kevcvs57 said
Why tie it down to a day when you can have the whole month. It’s hilarious that you of all people think they are stupid.

That is ridiculous! What is your source of info?
The teens do not cover the whole month, just 13 through 19 and it is only the 19th.

@mott-the-hoople said
look at my link in post above yours...it already has started.

Fed workers get a day off at a cost of 6 million and blacks get to die...yeah, a real cause for celebration.

I would fire any employee who was off that day . I said it and I’m glad!

See. See how racist some people here are.
Unbelievable.

Personally… any national holiday with a paid vacation is a good thing.

As for Juneteenth itself…
Stupid bloody name.
And celebrating the date when the oppressor eventually decided to allow you basic human rights, seems rather minimal.
And considering the black community’s history since then (racist laws, hangings, the KKK, poverty, etc. ) it doesn’t seem to me to be anything worth celebrating.

Sort of like having a national holiday to celebrate the the closure of Auschwitz or the day the native Americans got to live in freedom in reservations.

But who am I to judge.
If people find something important, good for them! And if everyone gets a day off to have a BBQ, good for everyone!

@mott-the-hoople said
it will become a day that many blacks are shot by other blacks during celebrations...thats just the culture of these people.

https://americahq.org/2021/06/22/juneteenth-celebrations-marred-by-shootings-death-in-at-least-5-states/

@metal-brain said
Black people know how to count to 20 and beyond.
It is still stupid. Maybe it should be called illiteracy day.

Me thinks it called commen core edumncation. 2+2 = 5. Wonder who started that? https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/blog/post/common-core-math-explained-3-minutes/43020

@kquinn909 said
https://americahq.org/2021/06/22/juneteenth-celebrations-marred-by-shootings-death-in-at-least-5-states/

You must be so proud.

@eladar said
That is the origin of the day. Get over it.

Get over what?

@suzianne said
Get over what?

Juneteenth being a celebration of the day some blacks found out about the emancipation proclamation.

@eladar said
Juneteenth being a celebration of the day some blacks found out about the emancipation proclamation.

A black person today could really get ahead of the pack by simply divorcing himself from all these celebratory movements and increasing his financial lot in life. Or he could carry a sign in the street. Not much return on that kind of investment, though. Someone like me would read it, make note of who is carrying it, and go on my way.

I could teach a hell of class to the ones who want to make something of themselves and give back to society. Prosperity is ripe for the picking.

BTW, CAN ANYONE send me a link on what the BLM is doing for poor black children? Anything?