Posted on 06/19/2025 12:39:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Emancipation Day may have run afoul of anti-woke sentiment.
Is Juneteenth being swallowed up – and swept away – by the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) movement? The nation’s newest federal holiday was meant to be a celebration of the end of slavery in America. It was never an LGBTQ holiday or general celebration of “marginalized communities.” Yet it seems some are trying to co-opt it – or culturally appropriate it, one might say – into the broader movement. As the tide of public and political opinion turns against DEI, however, will Juneteenth find itself washed away as well?
The Southern Poverty Law Center describes Juneteenth on its Learning for Justice website as a celebration of “marginalized communities’ resistance while underscoring a troubling truth: the historical perpetuation and ongoing exacerbation of racism and queerphobia in the United States.” That, however, is not a traditional interpretation of Juneteenth.
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger read General Order No. 3 aloud to the people in Galveston, TX. It read, in part: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” Although the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed more than two years earlier, this was the first time many in this area had heard about it. Texans began honoring Juneteenth the following year, and, little by little, the tradition migrated to other parts of the South.
In 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill declaring June 19 a federal holiday, but not everyone was in agreement. Some Republicans argued that it would cost too much for a historical event with which few were familiar. Then-Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) voted against the holiday, saying it would result in $1 billion in lost productivity.
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Sorry, I have Black Fatigue.....It’s a Thing..........
I got a paid day off work. I’m celebrating by working on my car.
About the same public response as NO Kings day.
I got it off. My 95% white software company started getting it off a couple years ago. Wound up a busy day. Car stuff. Dentist. Still found the time to watch some blaxploitation movies.
Just a so-called "holiday" created by the dems and Half Wit Biden in an attempt to get votes. Holidays should be for EVERYONE, not just a minority of the population.
Around here the government workers got it off.... and banks.
Rather have Lincoln Birthday and Washington Birthday off instead
I think it is a stupid federal holiday.
I think it is great as a state holiday for Texas, in the same way “Evacuation Day” is a fine holiday for Massachusetts (when the British jumped onto their ships and left Boston for Nova Scotia in 1776.
As a federal holiday-ridiculous. It reeks to high heaven as racial pandering by Democrats at the Federal level.
Also, “Juneteenth” sounds to my ear to be a completely illiterate rendering of a day.
Hate it.
The irony is that we didn’t hear about it.
Originally designed to take the place of Independence Day on July 4th, those days are over. For now. Same as Kwanzaa and Pride month. I haven’t seen half the rainbow flags this year than I did last year!
Nobody out here in BFE seems to be taking off for this made-up holiday-I’m working, all the businesses are open, tourists wandering around just like any other Thursday...
<< In a 2020 YouGov poll, 70% of white people and 49% of black people said they had never celebrated the holiday. >>
I’m guessing that over 90% of the 30% of whiteys who claimed to have celebrated it …haven’t.
I am still boycotting local businesses that had Pride flags last year even though none have gone there this year.
Because that's exactly what it is.
Imagine if a federal district judge were to declare the Emancipation Proclamation to be invalid, and issue a nationwide injunction against it.
“Also, “Juneteenth” sounds to my ear to be a completely illiterate rendering of a day.“
Agree. It’s a stupid “holiday” and the name makes it even more stupid.
I can’t change that it’s a stupid “holiday”, but I can and did change the name of this “holiday” on all my calendars to “JuneNineteenth”. #JustNoIlliteracy
Kamala's family will instantly be filing all sorts of property reclamation suits, for every descendant of their chattel slaves.
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