Okay, be sure to complain this Sunday and again in two weeks.
Why the whole world? The US was neither the first nor the last country to abolish slavery.
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Okay, be sure to complain this Sunday and again in two weeks.I actually do scrutinize all other "holidays"...and I do not esteem them as holy--those are reserved for His Holy Days as defined in the Bible.
Ha ha, what is anybody getting? I observe that man's "holidays" are pretty much commercially based, where we got to (if you want to observe) shell out some ducats.
Why the whole world? The US was neither the first nor the last country to abolish slavery.Wouldn't you say for the whole world?
Okay, be sure to complain this Sunday and again in two weeks.
Why the whole world? The US was neither the first nor the last country to abolish slavery.
It’s Father’s Day.Sunday? I don't get it. Yeah, I don't do Sundays...
Why does it need to apply to the whole world, there are always national and local holidays in countries all over the world. People even celebrate their own birthday, a local/personal event for many.Precisely my point.
complaints about Juneteenth
It’s Father’s Day
The description of the holiday does not suggest any sort of exclusion, it describes what the day stands for, it was the day that freedom of African Americans in the United States was finally recognized (although it took another century for the country to fully recognize this).
We also know some blacks would be exclusive and not want whites or other races celebrating with them
Black folks have been celebrating Juneteenth for decades and we haven't needed white people/non-blacks permission to do so. It's always been our celebration but now some white people/non-blacks feel threatened. It's ALWAYS some kind of mess with these people but let's be clear. You don't care about Juneteenth and what it's really about. You don't even really care about African Americans. You just want to be in control. You politicize us, objectify us, and then erase us. How do you do that and then talk about Jesus? Had you really known black folks IRL, you would have known about Juneteenth. So when some of you are in real honest heartfelt friendships/relationships with African Americans IRL and your post reflect that, then I'll take your so called "concern" seriously...
"Black" is not necessarily just a color when speaking of people...it's an experience. This is obvious in the fact that there are no white, yellow, red, black, brown, etc... people, with a few exceptions.
I related to pretty much every race, in every way, so. I know what I am and I will tell you this--I am more black than many "black" folks I've run across.
*So you better believe my life matters.
Stop it...just...stop...it.
I don’t get how Juneteenth is a racial holiday of any kind. I would have thought emancipation and the abolition of slavery would be something all decent Americans would care to celebrate. It should absolutely be a national holiday as black history is American history.
Funny how so many that have outraged over a couple statues being brought down seem to not have a problem with glossing over this part of our nation’s history.
If racism on all sides exist, then why is there a clear and disproportionate quality of life for discernible groups in America (if we are being honest)?
Prejudice exists on all sides, I agree.
But only a few "sides" are benefiting from the dehumanization and subjugation of others - that is racism.
Race problems weren't fixed in 70 years because acknowledging that there are groups of citizens that benefit off of the detriment of others is to remove the veil on American Excellence. It is about ignorance, not depth or the "omnipresence" of racism.
And, when Americans citizens apologize for Americans citizens being killed by law enforcement, it is just another iteration of very recent history.
Nobody's asked me to bow down to anyone else.
I wholesale, out of my own volition, stand with my black friends and neighbors in their fight for basic human dignity. That's my choice.
Black lives matter.
-CryptoLutheran
Sorta. It's about Texas. I didn't know the rest of the country even knew about it.
That's great you post about it every year. Just in case someone here still hasn't gotten the word yet, I guess?
Like I said, complaints about Juneteenth when the same people are silent on other occasions looks like something the usual folks do.
Nobody's asked me to bow down to anyone else.
Stop it...just...stop...it.
Seriously? You haven't seen that section in the Hallmark store? - "Congratulations!..."Should I send a card to the black people l know?
It's a sad day when commemorating the end of an American crime against humanity is seen as something wrong. The irony is those that express such views seem broken up over the Confederacy and how history should not be ignored. This reminds me of those "Democrats support slavery, but the Confederacy was amazing and for states' rights!" discussions.Seriously? You haven't seen that section in the Hallmark store? - "Congratulations!..."
I know, it's a small section near the back of the store. I'm sure Hallmark is a bit embarrassed that they're still trying to milk it after about a century and a half.
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