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...