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Posted on 12/18/2020 8:09:44 AM PST by PBRCat
The Cook County Board voted Thursday to recognize Juneteenth as an official paid holiday for county government employees starting next year, following a year marked by racial justice protests over high-profile killings of Black people.
In 2021, Juneteenth will be designated as one of 14 government holidays granted to all Cook County workers, making it the country’s largest populated county to grant a paid day off to celebrate both Black Americans’ freedom from slavery and their contributions to the nation. Commissioners voted unanimously in favor of the measure, which outlines the centuries of mistreatment America has dealt on Black people.
That sullied history stretches to this year’s killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police as well as Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting by two white men, the ordinance acknowledges.
“This year, Cook County and the nation have experienced unprecedented racial and civil unrest,” lead co-sponsor Commissioner Stanley Moore said. “The call to recognize Juneteenth in light of these unfortunate events is stronger than ever. The passage of this ordinance is the first step towards the healing process for African Americans and for all.”
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Yeah another paid holiday for gov’t workers while they destroy private business and ruin 10’s of millions of people finances.
Bump!
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“I wonder why we can’t get things done?”
That’s great...are they celebrating all the hundreds of little kids murdered by black gunners every year in black communities? ....or just the hundreds of black babies murdered every day by planned parenthood????
Maybe next year they will have a paid holiday for White folks.
Will the Juneteenth celebration be marked by tearing down Abraham Lincoln’s statues?
Guilty white liberal 'elites' can't do enough for their pet victim groups... gives them justification to sell out our country and steal from the rest of us.
24% of Cook County is Black.
8% Asian.
Amazingly - 26% Hispanic
42% White.
Illinois must have money to burn, lol.
Can Alabama Spotted Bass Day be far behind?
If it is to be celebrated then it must be celebrated with parades and festiviyies honoring the young white men in Blue who actually did the work of freeing the slaves. The freedmen were the recipients, not the doers.
The end of slavery is a worthy holiday for us all. The holiday can be financed by a reduction in discretionary annual leave.
I believe the correct spelling is “Crook County”.
Soon to be followed by ‘REPARATIONS’!!!
Zulu’s not amused.
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