Happy Juneteenth, you racist motherfuckers

PurpleThrobber

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/19/879647898/calls-to-make-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday-gain-momentum

Take the day off. No, really.....make it a thing.

HoustonHusky

Texas runs the world...

SFGbob

PurpleThrobber said:

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/19/879647898/calls-to-make-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday-gain-momentum

Take the day off. No, really.....make it a thing.

To show you how fast things move on this issue, a friend of mine's place of employment contracted with a high profile public speaker two weeks ago, to give a speech to their entire company (couple thousand people) to verbally berate the white folks for their white privilege and racism. They are paying this speaker a significant chunk of cash for this hour long speech. This was all set up in "honor" of Juneteenth.

Since that time there has been a big push for employers to give their employees Juneteenth off. They now can't get out of the deal for the speech, so they are telling their employees that they can still take the day off if they like but they are strongly encouraging everyone to listen to the speech and use it to reflect on the inequality and racism faced by minorities in America.

Oh yeah, while blacks have reclaimed their role as the left's premier victim group all "victims" are being lumped in here. LGQTB, Hispanics, blacks, illegals they are all victims of the racist America.

EsophagealFeces

What’s funny about the whole make Juneteenth a holiday thing is that Obama tried and failed when he was a senator, and then had 8 years where he could have done it with the stroke of a pen, but didn’t.

MikeDamone

HoustonHusky said:

Texas runs the world...

They can do what they want

GrundleStiltzkin

MikeDamone said:

HoustonHusky said:

Texas runs the world...

They can do what they want

https://twitter.com/chicagotribune/status/1273567755539828736

PurpleThrobber

GrundleStiltzkin said:

MikeDamone said:

HoustonHusky said:

Texas runs the world...

They can do what they want

https://twitter.com/chicagotribune/status/1273567755539828736

@NolanRyanDawg, true?

RaceBannon

One riot one Ranger

PurpleThrobber

RaceBannon said:

One riot one Ranger

I like the Rangers in this one - 34-17, rather easily.

YellowSnow

So why is Juneteenth celebrated as the end of slavery in the US? Slavery was still legal in KY and DE until Dec 18, 1865.

PurpleThrobber

YellowSnow said:

So why is Juneteenth celebrated as the end of slavery in the US? Slavery was still legal in KY and DE until Dec 18, 1865.

You mean Joe Biden's home state?

(irony not lost on Mitch McConnell's home state either)

RaceBannon

YellowSnow said:

So why is Juneteenth celebrated as the end of slavery in the US? Slavery was still legal in KY and DE until Dec 18, 1865.

It's the day the news was read in Texas

YellowSnow

PurpleThrobber said:

YellowSnow said:

So why is Juneteenth celebrated as the end of slavery in the US? Slavery was still legal in KY and DE until Dec 18, 1865.

You mean Joe Biden's home state?

(irony not lost on Mitch McConnell's home state either)

DE voted against the 13th amendment. People forget this.

Sledog

But will people remember to thank the republicans and give the dems the finger?

YellowSnow

RaceBannon said:

YellowSnow said:

So why is Juneteenth celebrated as the end of slavery in the US? Slavery was still legal in KY and DE until Dec 18, 1865.

It's the day the news was read in Texas

Correct. But still I’ve seen numerous articles indicating that the day celebrates the free of the last enslaved people which isn’t quite accurate.

BleachedAnusDawg

Juneteenth is such a dumbass name for a holiday.

RoadTrip

PurpleThrobber said:

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/19/879647898/calls-to-make-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday-gain-momentum

Take the day off. No, really.....make it a thing.

i mean if there were ever a post where titays should have been included?

LebamDawg

YellowSnow said:

So why is Juneteenth celebrated as the end of slavery in the US? Slavery was still legal in KY and DE until Dec 18, 1865.

Decteenth doesn't have the same natural sound as Juneteenth

OneNipple

Anyone down for a mandatory holiday from Juneteenth through July 4th every year? Lets make it happen.

LebamDawg

This idiot is still putting quotes from MLK, Jr up

https://twitter.com/terrycrews/status/1274009068168830977

I wish he would put some from the new hero

George Floyd - "Got some money, Bitch"

Pitchfork51

BleachedAnusDawg said:

Juneteenth is such a dumbass name for a holiday.

Its flat out like illiterate lol