I address this in my article, The New Juneteenth Holiday Presents an Opportunity and an Obligation.

nment holiday in a rapidly gentrifying city. In my opinion, this is where things become icky. In a country where reparations for descendants of African Americans enslaved in the United States have yet to be paid, don’t state and potential federal holidays marking emancipation seem t… Government holiday in a rapidly gentrifying city. In my opinion, this is where things become icky. In a country where reparations for descendants of African Americans enslaved in the United States have yet to be paid, don’t state and potential federal holidays marking emancipation seem to be little more than empty gestures of neoliberal virtue signaling?
Juneteenth Is Not for Everyone
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I address this in my article, The New Juneteenth Holiday Presents an Opportunity and an Obligation. Please take a read and let me know what you think.
https://asus-butterfly.medium.com/the-new-juneteenth-holiday-presents-an-opportunity-and-an-obligation-7614d496b3d9
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