https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-slavery-juneteenth-federal-holiday/2021/06/15/be848978-ce1d-11eb-8cd2-4e95230cfac2_story.html

Vote is today

Senate unanimously passed it

If we could TEXIT, maybe go Tejano day could be a national holiday

C@LAg said:

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Tanya 93 said:

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Senate unanimously passed it

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that does not mean it is a good idea.

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Never said it was

i have always said I find it to be a uniquely Texas holiday and should stay that way

Cinco de Mayo or get the hell out!

My company is going super woke. I'm missing a "Racism in Technology" workshop today (thankfully voluntary, but I'm sure I'll pay for not attending). Plus I get Friday off!

I also must work from home - at least for the time being - because I'm not vaccinated.

Why are we celebrating a Texas Holiday nationally?

Great holiday but it's related to one ethnic group and should not be a federal holiday. It doesn't relate to all Americans.

The left is filling the vacuum of Christian holidays and ethics/morality in schools with their own suite of morality/ethics/holidays.

So do white people get the holiday or is it just for blacks only?

The only thing I got out of Cesar Chavez day was a locked door at a govt building when I went to get some paperwork.

It should be a Take-a-penny / leave-a-penny system where they eliminate a worthless federal holiday in order to add a more worthwhile one.

Federal? They're appropriating my Texas lineage

This was brought up Last year.

Why not do Emancipation Proclamation Day for the whole country??

Because Juneteenth is a party day at the state parks..

C@LAg said:

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Maroon Dawn said:

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Why are we celebrating a Texas Holiday nationally?

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it is to federalize a day to try to shame white people, especially Texans, because we were working so hard to keep the black man down as long as possible after emancipation day.

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Bingo!

C@LAg said:

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Maroon Dawn said:

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Why are we celebrating a Texas Holiday nationally?

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it is to federalize a day to try to shame white people, especially Texans, because we were working so hard to keep the black man down as long as possible after emancipation day.

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Sounds right

Gotta keep the Balkanization going

Juneteenth - Anti-Racist Independence Day
4th of July - Racist Independence Day

Isn't Juneteenth basically a "thank you, white people!" holiday? 🤔

— Leonydus Johnson (leave/me/alone) (@LeonydusJohnson) June 16, 2021

I guess you guys are welcome?

96ags said:

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Isn't Juneteenth basically a "thank you, white people!" holiday? 🤔

— Leonydus Johnson (leave/me/alone) (@LeonydusJohnson) June 16, 2021

I guess you guys are welcome?

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That's racist.

FattyDelights said:

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96ags said:

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Isn't Juneteenth basically a "thank you, white people!" holiday? 🤔

— Leonydus Johnson (leave/me/alone) (@LeonydusJohnson) June 16, 2021

I guess you guys are welcome?

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That's racist.

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Probably.

Isn't this just a Texas deal? Why would it be a federal holiday?

New holiday day off for Feds. Not so much the rest of the country. In Texas I don't believe any companies are required to give paid time off for any holiday, unless state law has changed.

Probably will be a push to switch Federal Holiday with Columbus Day bc ya know he is now a mass murderer of the entire new world back in 1492...the Italian American lobbyists better have thier funding ready...

I just wish they'd celebrate MLK day on the day after the Superbowl so we could get Monday off.

Got an email reply this morning from someone in the private sector saying their company isn't working on Juneteenth.

NoahAg said:

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Got an email reply this morning from someone in the private sector saying their company isn't working on Juneteenth.

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Most people aren't either since it is a Saturday this year.

So is August the only month without a holiday now?

Before Cafe Mom shut down its boards, I questioned why people who are in states that didn't exist at the time the news hit Texas were celebrating Juneteenth, since they didn't celebrate San Jacinto Day.

WHITE PRIVILEGE is what they screamed


I just wanted to giggle.

Aggie97 said:

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So is August the only month without a holiday now?

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March does not have a federal holiday either

They pass this, but won't make Election Day a national holiday? Good grief

It seems like Juneteenth is being co-opted by the feds to have a holiday that recognizes the last day slaves learned they were freed. Texas was the last place the emancipation proclamation was 'read' and therefore last place it was enforced. The problem with this is that slavery was still legal and practiced in the 4 border states (MD, KY, DE and MO) that stayed in the union until the 13th ammendment was ratified and became law in December, 1865. The emancipation proclamation was only about the 11 states of the Confederacy.