06-22-2020, 10:38 AM
(06-22-2020, 10:17 AM)fredtoast Wrote: So we should cancel all the Juneteenth celebrations, right?
Well, I know some black scholars that would take umbrage with it being called a "celebration" to begin with, rather a commemoration. Some have said that it isn't something to commemorate or celebrate because of the near immediate institution of mass incarceration to continue the use of slave labor by minorities in jails and prisons around the country. And then you have the ones that think it should be more of a state-by-state thing because of the different times for the ending of most slavery.
But yeah, there are a number of differing opinions on this. I don't personally have one because it's not a holiday for me.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
