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Let's talk about Juneteenth.

Let's talk about Juneteenth.

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But before all you fool hillbilly rednecks come in here with your BS about it, please go educate yourself on what it is first and why we need it.

"Thank you for your attention to this matter."

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@Suzianne said
But before all you fool hillbilly rednecks come in here with your BS about it, please go educate yourself on what it is first and why we need it.

"Thank you for your attention to this matter."
“"Thank you for your attention to this matter."”

They say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

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@Mott-The-Hoople said
“"Thank you for your attention to this matter."”

They say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.
Unless it’s sarcasm, one would presume.

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@Suzianne said
But before all you fool hillbilly rednecks come in here with your BS about it, please go educate yourself on what it is first and why we need it.

"Thank you for your attention to this matter."
Is Juneteenth the same as Keti Koti?

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@Mott-The-Hoople said
“"Thank you for your attention to this matter."”

They say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.
I used a "stupid highliter".

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@shavixmir said
Is Juneteenth the same as Keti Koti?
Very similar, Keti Koti celebrates when the word of Dutch Emancipation reached Suriname and other locations in the Dutch Caribbean, so it was a while after the fact, just like Texas was near the last place to hear of Lincoln freeing the slaves. Keep in mind the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on Jan 1, 1863. Another similarity is that food is a big part of the celebration, in America and Suriname, often with food festivals and big gatherings with communal outdoor cooking. Most celebrations are local, with big communities often seeing numerous locations of large festivals.

Juneteenth is now a federal holiday in America, celebrating the de facto end of slavery in America.

Wikipedia says:
"Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, referring to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.

"During the Civil War period, slavery came to an end in various areas of the United States at different times. Many enslaved Southerners escaped, demanded wages, stopped work, or took up arms against the Confederacy of slave states. In January 1865, Congress proposed the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution for the national abolition of slavery. By June 1865, almost all of the enslaved population had been freed by the victorious Union Army or by state abolition laws. When the national abolition amendment was ratified in December, the remaining enslaved people in Delaware and Kentucky were freed."

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@Suzianne said
Very similar, Keti Koti celebrates when the word of Dutch Emancipation reached Suriname and other locations in the Dutch Caribbean, so it was a while after the fact, just like Texas was near the last place to hear of Lincoln freeing the slaves. Keep in mind the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on Jan 1, 1863. Another similarity is that food is a big part of the celebra ...[text shortened]... ndment was ratified in December, the remaining enslaved people in Delaware and Kentucky were freed."
Yeah, so both end of slavery celebrations.

I’m sure lots of our republican friends celebrate it!

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@shavixmir said
Yeah, so both end of slavery celebrations.

I’m sure lots of our republican friends celebrate it!
Lol.

Arizona at first refused to pass MLK Jr Day and lost a Super Bowl over it.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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@Suzianne

Thank God black people have you to look after them.

What would they do without the white savior 🙄

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@PuzZuLz said
@Suzianne

Thank God black people have you to look after them.

What would they do without the white savior 🙄
What would they do with the likes of you?

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@shavixmir said
What would they do with the likes of you?
Nothing at all.

I live in Toronto.

More black people in this one city than your entire white country. But of course someone like you must know what is best for black people. 🙄

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@shavixmir said
What would they do with the likes of you?
Kick his ass, most likely.

Unless he keeps his fat mouth shut.

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@Suzianne
@shavixmir

I've never commented on black people other than to tell you two that the black community doesn't need either of you.

Fake savior wannabes.

If you can show me a post that says otherwise?

Or shut up.

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@PuzZuLz said
@Suzianne
@shavixmir

I've never commented on black people other than to tell you two that the black community doesn't need either of you.

Fake savior wannabes.

If you can show me a post that says otherwise?

Or shut up.
Moron.

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@shavixmir said
Yeah, so both end of slavery celebrations.

I’m sure lots of our republican friends celebrate it!
What's not to celebrate?