I have to disagree. While I do NOT agree with reparations, I have no problem with celebrating the end of slavery in this country.
Other than the stupid name of the holiday I have no issue with this holiday.
Celebrating the end of Slavery in the United States, is certainly a reason to celebrate.
NO I don’t agree with all the race hustling poverty pimps who work to divide us by race.. but the ending of slavery should be something worth celbrating.
Slavery did not end till Dec 6 1865 when the 13th Amendment was ratified. Two of those five slave states that remained in the Union still had slavery. Maryland and Delaware.
The Civil War had been over for 8 months.
Election day, tax day and end-of-slavery day should all be held on the same date.
Should all be rolled up as part of July 4th.
> I have no problem with celebrating the end of slavery in this country <
That’s a fair point. I just wish the holiday would emphasize that it was a Republican president who liberated slaves held by Democrats.
Yeah, I know I’m dreaming.
Lincoln only freed slaves from states in armed rebellion with the USA with some exceptions listed.
Agree. That is one celebration that needed to happen and was overdue. (Although, being reminded that there WAS slavery may not be best.)
Pride month we can do without. Celebrating perversion is disgusting.
Neither do I, but libs just can’t leave it at that. The formal name of the holiday is Juneteenth National Independence Day, putting it on the same par as Independence Day. If it has been called Emancipation Onservance Day, or something like that, I’d feel differently
A new chapter in American history opened as the Thirteenth Amendment, was passed in January of 1865, was implemented, Republicans ended Democrat slavery!
That abolished slavery in the United States, and now, with the end of the Civil war:
Four million African Americans were then free!
But “Juneteenth” was NOT the end of slavery. It was still legal in some non former Confederate states, which were outside of the scope of the Emancipation Proclamation. Slavery ended with the ratification of the 13th on 12/6/1865. Celebrate that date if you want to celebrate slavery’s end. Or celebrate the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation if you want to celebrate later beginning of the end. It wasn’t even the end of the fighting. The CSS Shenandoah fired her last shots, killing Yankee whalers in Alaska(!), 6/28/1865 and didn’t learn the war was over until 8/3/1865. Then en route for planned attack on San Francisco, she learned the war was over from a passing ship. She then headed to Liverpool, UK where she safely surrendered 11/7/1865. “Juneteenth” was meaningless to the vast majority of folks, black or white. And it promotes stereotypes regarding black intelligence, of which the Klan would be proud, via its lousy slang name. Vivek is right on this. And if some lefty wants to call him on it I look forward to hearing his response.
I have to disagree. While I do NOT agree with reparations, I have no problem with celebrating the end of slavery in this country.
The problem I have with it is the way the end of slavery happened is downplayed or outright ignored.