Posted on 06/16/2022 8:26:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
California State University Los Angeles professor of pan-African studies Melina Abdullah issued a tweet telling white individuals not to request to attend a Juneteenth cookout.
“Attention white people… Please don’t ask if you can come to the cookout… #Juneteenth is freedom day for Black folks. It should be #Reparations day for white folks,” Abdullah tweeted on Monday.
Last year, President Joe Biden signed legislation to make Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, a federal holiday.
Abdullah’s tweet sparked pushback on social media, with some decrying it as “racist.”
In response to someone who described her comments as “extremely racist,” Abdullah replied, “1. Define racism. 2. Why do you think that?”
Someone else pressed Abdullah about how that standard would apply to people who are “part-black and part-white? Do they come to the cookout or pay reparations or both?”
“Kinda funny…and not. Short answer: Those who would have been enslaved in 1865 get to come to the cookout,” Abdullah responded.
Someone else asked Abdullah, “Do you seriously exclude your white father on account of his skin color? Is that progress?”
Abdullah replied by asking, “Do you know why we celebrate Juneteenth?”
“I guess July 4th is for the rest of us. Don’t come to the cookout,” someone else wrote.
“You can keep it,” Abdullah replied.
In her Twitter biography, Abdullah describes herself as a “#BlackLivesMatter organizer.”
Tour? has contended that Juneteenth should be marked by everyone.
“Juneteenth isn’t just for Black people. If you believe slavery was wrong then you should celebrate the end of slavery,” Tour? tweeted on Wednesday.
“Here’s why white people should be part of Juneteenth celebrations–because white people should be acknowledging that slavery happened. Many of them would love to not do that. It’s valuable for us to have them acknowledge it and see it as something that still impacts us today,” he wrote. “Slavery isn’t Black history. It’s American history. If we restrict it to Black history and restrict Juneteenth to Black people then we allow white people to escape having to think about it,” he declared.
Yep! Like they're trying to prove they are "Black enough" by being 10x as racist.
LOL.
Die apikoros scum.
No, Google doesn’t explain it. Google feeds people like you a history line with an 1865 date.
The year is 2022.
The question is how did an 1865 event emerge into the 23rd Century?
If you don’t know or don’t know enough, say “I don’t know” or “I’m not sure.”
I celebrate June 19th for a FAR BETTER REASON - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were Executed on June 19, 1953 because they were convicted of Espionage. They provided top-secret information about radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines and valuable nuclear weapon designs to the SOVIETS.
Juneteenth, as it’s known today is just a cheap excuse for a day off.
I would offer the guess that most would never dream of going to ‘their’ cookout.
since this made up day was never mentioned in all of my years in New England schools, i pay no attention to it.
“made up” as in no federal holiday.
Liberals have shown us that history can be rewritten to include facts you like or ignore facts you don’t like, so why don’t we just eliminate any references to slavery in history books and pretend it never happened? /s
Noooo problem. I never go where I am not INVITED anyway.
Hey, if people want to celebrate the end of slavery, that’s great, bring back Lincoln’s Birthday, or celebrate the date of the Emancipation Proclamation, not some obscure local TX holiday.
No matter what, I will continue to celebrate Juneteenth as described above!
It only became a holiday after somebody noticed a Trump Rally was scheduled on it.
Another racist and bigoted affirmative action “perfeser” with an empty skull where she stores all of her Kwanzaa gifts during the year.
And watermelon.
I had something else in mind to tell him.
As an undergrad at UCSD, I noticed that my instructors had a range of academic degrees. Bachelor, Master, PhD. As a neutral term of reference, we just labeled them "Professor". The title "Professor" carries a different connotation as an employee of a college or university. It's more a sign of seniority in the academic pecking order.
In the case of this individual, the title clearly overstates the academic qualifications. Her employer needs to rein in a foolish employee.
Around my office, there are lots of people with PhDs. The only time we apply the label "Doctor" is when they are introduced in a meeting where their academic accomplishments lend credibility to the material they are presenting to those present. It is beyond annoying to hear "Dr. Jill Biden" from the press.
They stole Juneteenth from Americans.
I’m not invited ? This ranks with joy begat withholding sex.
Her...................
It’ll be the biggest sacrifice ever, but okay. I won’t even ask.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.