Why Juneteenth represents freedom better than July 4 for many Americans

[toobfreak]

No, you're wrong. But I'll acknowledge your jealously and butthurt over a day made for blacks to celebrate.

Hey Racist, how sad it must be for you to be so shallow, insecure, weak and pathetic that you even need a day set aside based on RACE just for you to celebrate the end of racism!

So you celebrate with MORE racism!!!

 

[2aguy]

On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed, as 13 colonies separated from Great Britain and established the United States of America. But while the Fourth of July is known to represent equality and freedom, all Americans were not free at the time.

That’s why more and more Americans celebrate Juneteenth.

“Too many Americans think of the Fourth of July as a day marking the triumph of freedom and equality in America, as if everyone enjoys the same liberties and opportunities,” Ethan Kytle, professor of history at California State University Fresno, told Yahoo News.

The slavery of Black people would continue for almost a century after the Revolutionary War. Women were denied basic rights.

“White male Americans became free — only white males,” said Chad Dion Lassiter, a national expert on race relations and executive director of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.

Why Juneteenth represents freedom better than July 4 for many Americans

More than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, on June 19, 1865, federal troops went to the Confederate holdout in Galveston, Texas. The Union soldiers read the proclamation aloud, ensuring that all slaves were free and marking the end of slavery in the United States.

news.yahoo.com

This is true. Not everybody was free on July 4th, 1776. Besides none of the so-called "non racist, colorblind" right wing should not be oppos to a day celebrating the end of slavery.

July 4th made Juneteenth happen……….July 4th is the important day……

What both pols fail to understand is that without the Declaration of Independence, there would be no Juneteenth. And there would be no Juneteenth without the sacrifice of 350,000 white men of the Union Army from non-slave-holding states that died in the Civil War that led to the Emancipation Proclamation.

Black Americans don’t have to choose between Juneteenth and July 4th

There is a major schism brewing in our nation — the growing trend of black Americans choosing to celebrate Juneteenth in lieu of the 4th of July holiday. In our increasingly polarized nation, many …

nypost.com

 

[SeaMajor7]

Stupidest name for a national holiday EVER!

 

[2aguy]

Nah, We're celebrating the day the last white slaveowners were made to free their slaves.

Let me fix that for you……he operative word isn’t “white,” the operative words are “democrat party” members…..

So……

We’re celebrating the day he last democrat party slaveowners were made to free their slaves…….

There, fixed that for you….

And you vote for and defend the democrat party…….so you are the fool here….

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Black people have a whole month called black history month

.

When do Veterans get a MONTH?

And when do the blacks start celebrating the American Military who fought and died to END SLAVERY?

.

 

[IM2]

Let me fix that for you……he operative word isn’t “white,” the operative words are “democrat party” members…..

So……

We’re celebrating the day he last democrat party slaveowners were made to free their slaves…….

There, fixed that for you….

And you vote for and defend the democrat party…….so you are the fool here….

No. The operative word is white.

A Democrat signed our second and 3rd Emancipation Proclamations in 1964 and 1965.

You are the fool here.

 

[tyroneweaver]

No, you're wrong. But I'll acknowledge your jealously and butthurt over a day made for blacks to celebrate.

this statement is dripping with irony

 

[IM2]

July 4th made Juneteenth happen……….July 4th is the important day……

What both pols fail to understand is that without the Declaration of Independence, there would be no Juneteenth. And there would be no Juneteenth without the sacrifice of 350,000 white men of the Union Army from non-slave-holding states that died in the Civil War that led to the Emancipation Proclamation.

Black Americans don’t have to choose between Juneteenth and July 4th

There is a major schism brewing in our nation — the growing trend of black Americans choosing to celebrate Juneteenth in lieu of the 4th of July holiday. In our increasingly polarized nation, many …

nypost.com

No it didn't. The Declaration did not include blacks, and blacks fought against slavery for 245 yeara including being soldiers in the Civil War.

 

[IM2]

this statement is dripping with irony

Not really.

 

[2aguy]

No it didn't. The Declaration did not include blacks, and blacks fought against slavery for 245 yeara including being soldiers in the Civil War.

Dipshit…
.Religious, conservative Republicans used the Declaration of Independence and its statement that all men are created equal in their arguments against slavery……the founding document stated that all men are equal…that was the idea that drove the anti-slavery movement of Republicans as the stood against the slave owning and loving democrats…

 

[22lcidw]

Making up Holidays that would not even see the light of day in a civilization that is sane, is a sign the same civilization is in decline and disarray. Kwanzaa is an example of this. Not because the people who promote it are wrong for protesting the wrongs of history, but for the worse reason ever. To foment discord and radicalism in a group of people. The United States is a nation that started British dominated. Not Spanish. Not French. Not Portuguese. Not Chinese. Not African. Not Middle East. Of all nations coming to the new world. the British created the most wealth. No other nation had the rule of law and the Magna Carta in the human DNA footprint of at least some basic rights for the peasants. The development of the Western Hemisphere was influenced from that. Africa had no basic rights for their peasants in tribes. It was pure primal and distinctions between men and women. Hunter/gatherer.

 

[2aguy]

No. The operative word is white.

A Democrat signed our second and 3rd Emancipation Proclamations in 1964 and 1965.

You are the fool here.

They fought every single Civil Rights act until they realized that they couldn’t stop blacks from voting…so the racist Lyndon Johnson told the democrats to stop blocking the last acts…after he himself had voted against every single Civil Rights act including the anti-lpunching law…….,

You are the idiot who supports the actual slave owning political party….

 

[1srelluc]

Let's see, 12.6% (and declining) if the US population get two national holidays and a month of special recognition.

Now a outsider would think that the negros must really contribute the lion's share of what is good about America, yet, in fact, it's the exact opposite that is true. They are a net drain on everything that they touch and not getting any better as they go along.

The handful that do strive to better their lot through hard work and education to break away from the FUBAR black "culture" are called traitors to their ethnicity by their former peers.

It's all a sick joke.

 

[2aguy]

No. The operative word is white.

A Democrat signed our second and 3rd Emancipation Proclamations in 1964 and 1965.

You are the fool here.

No…the democrat party was the party of slavery….the Republican Party was the party of ending slavery.

 

[sparky]

~S~

 

[jknowgood]

On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed, as 13 colonies separated from Great Britain and established the United States of America. But while the Fourth of July is known to represent equality and freedom, all Americans were not free at the time.

That’s why more and more Americans celebrate Juneteenth.

“Too many Americans think of the Fourth of July as a day marking the triumph of freedom and equality in America, as if everyone enjoys the same liberties and opportunities,” Ethan Kytle, professor of history at California State University Fresno, told Yahoo News.

The slavery of Black people would continue for almost a century after the Revolutionary War. Women were denied basic rights.

“White male Americans became free — only white males,” said Chad Dion Lassiter, a national expert on race relations and executive director of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.

Why Juneteenth represents freedom better than July 4 for many Americans

More than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, on June 19, 1865, federal troops went to the Confederate holdout in Galveston, Texas. The Union soldiers read the proclamation aloud, ensuring that all slaves were free and marking the end of slavery in the United States.

news.yahoo.com

This is true. Not everybody was free on July 4th, 1776. Besides none of the so-called "non racist, colorblind" right wing should not be oppos to a day celebrating the end of slavery.

Yes the deadliest holiday to date. How many shootings at celebrations over the weekend?

 

[1srelluc]

Yes the deadliest holiday to date. How many shootings at celebrations over the weekend?

As of Monday morning "cultural enrichment" claimed 12 killed and 100 wounded.

 

[Billiejeens]

Juneteenth a date on which nothing whatsoever happened.

Like most days in a Black Life.

 

[Billiejeens]

On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed, as 13 colonies separated from Great Britain and established the United States of America. But while the Fourth of July is known to represent equality and freedom, all Americans were not free at the time.

That’s why more and more Americans celebrate Juneteenth.

“Too many Americans think of the Fourth of July as a day marking the triumph of freedom and equality in America, as if everyone enjoys the same liberties and opportunities,” Ethan Kytle, professor of history at California State University Fresno, told Yahoo News.

The slavery of Black people would continue for almost a century after the Revolutionary War. Women were denied basic rights.

“White male Americans became free — only white males,” said Chad Dion Lassiter, a national expert on race relations and executive director of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.

Why Juneteenth represents freedom better than July 4 for many Americans

More than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, on June 19, 1865, federal troops went to the Confederate holdout in Galveston, Texas. The Union soldiers read the proclamation aloud, ensuring that all slaves were free and marking the end of slavery in the United States.

news.yahoo.com

This is true. Not everybody was free on July 4th, 1776. Besides none of the so-called "non racist, colorblind" right wing should not be oppos to a day celebrating the end of slavery.

Ya'll did a "bang-up" job celebrating it -
Literally.

 

[Billiejeens]

And once again we are shown that the same white racism that existed on June 19th, 1865 exists on June 19th, 2023.

Racism is never going away-
You all won't let it.