[2ndDivisionVet]

[The_Media_never_lie]

Black patriot speaks.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

If they want to. It is (or was) a free country.

[Still Thinking]

Should Black Americans Celebrate Independence Day?

Not until they've actually won their freedom - from the Dem plantation massas.

[no-to-illegals]

Maybe they should remain stupid and celebrate ‘obama’

[max americana]

““What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”

Slave? Does that also include white, conservative slaves to a crazy dictator?

[IronJack]

I couldn’t give a shyte less if they celebrate it or not.

[EinNYC]

Are they citizens of the United States? Do they benefit from being citizens? Do they have paved streets, police, hospitals, schools, post offices, access to medical care, veterinary care for pets, tradesmen to fix stuff, etc.? If so, then it would be appropriate for them to celebrate a national holiday.

If they choose to hold themselves apart from national holidays, then they should likewise not benefit from being citizens. We are not (supposed to be) two separate, or indeed, 100 separate countries, one for each race and/or nationality. We are supposed to be the UNITED States. It really disgusts me that every immigrant group and many ethnic groups have devised for themselves little separate bubbles within which they live, conduct their business, etc. without having to deal with people outside of their own group. That is not what the founders had in mind!!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Rare books. Scroll down for more.

http://www.amazon.com/Colored-Patriots-American-Revolution/dp/1453687424

[VR-21]

We all know that there are some serious problems in our country, but regarding the question...hell yes they should celebrate Independence Day. Blacks fought and died in our Revolution.

[shove_it]

My ancestors came to America as indentured servitude. Though it was voluntary and common for the time, it was little different from involuntary slavery. Black Americans of today should be thankful for the freedom they enjoy as a result of their fore-bearers being brought here involuntarily. Consider where you would be and how you would be living had your ancestors never been brought here.

[GOPJ]

We were freed from England - and some years later slaves were freed by their fellow Americans... It’s a victory.

[JoeFromSidney]

I can sympathize with Douglas. He had a legitimate beef. However, a lot of white boys died to free the slaves. Blacks today have to decide whether they're part of this country or not. If my immigrant father and my immigrant wife could become part of this country, I think it's reasonable to expect Blacks born a century after the Civil War to consider themselves part of this country too. The Fourth of July should be as much their holiday as it was my father's. If they're not going to be part of this country, well, there are flights to other countries.