Biden to sign bill making Juneteenth a national holiday

Damocles said:
So, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) doesn't do it for you? How about Columbus day? They aren't white enough for you? Do you count Christmas as a Jewish holiday or is that one more white to you?
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St. Patty's Day isn't a Federal holiday although it, like Cinco de Mayo, it should be. Columbus Day is a Federal holiday, but I'd trade it out for either of the first two.

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/...days/507-6955e5af-770e-416f-ac0a-e8db360032f7
"Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes the public holidays listed in these pages for Federal employees," the OPM website states.

  • New Year's Day
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday
  • George Washington's birthday (Often called Presidents' Day)
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Columbus Day (Some jurisdictions have chosen to rename this Indigenous Peoples' Day, but the federal designation remains Columbus Day)
  • Veterans Day
  • Thanksgiving
  • Christmas


Add Juneteenth and that makes 11. So what's the 12th?

It's Inauguration Day, which happens every four years.
 
Hold up, motherfuckers. Is or is not "Juneteenth" Emancipation Day?

I guess not.

Ok, well yeah. Let's do this!

That's when black Americans that were slaves were actually freed.

I'm for it.

Why not. :dunno:
 
Matt Dillon said:
What "additional history"?
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It appears that, despite some RW politicians saying so, African-Americans in the mid-19th century and earlier were not as happy, smiling and singing as modern Americans have been led to believe.

That coupled with Jim Crow laws and, post LBJ, economic laws have resulted in too many African-Americans being held down beyond reasonable numbers.

I would never favor giving a citizen money directly from taxpayer funds. Better, IMO, to elevated the population as a whole be it infrastructure, as we sorely need, or high quality education for all economic classes.
 
This is what I'm talking about:

https://www.today.com/food/juneteenth-menu-fried-chicken-wilted-greens-devil-s-food-cake-t222389
Juneteenth menu: Fried chicken, wilted greens and devil's food cake
Like July Fourth celebrations, Juneteenth is characterized by summer cookout dishes: barbecue, baked beans, deviled eggs, potato salad, cakes and pies. Red-hued foods are classic — red drinks, watermelon and, recently, red velvet cake.

From the very beginning, praying, preaching, playing, singing, storytelling and eating were Juneteenth canons. To embrace the reminders of slavery and poverty — including the gastronomic vestiges like red soda water, catfish and the sweet treats of childhood — can be hard, but to do so is to honor the suffering and affirm the contributions made by generations of freed African Americans
 
Diesel said:
Much less American than the party that seceded from the country and waged war against it. Get fucked, you lying psychopath.
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Fuck off, rotten cumbreath faggot.

You'd have already been hanged in the 17-800s, bitchboi.

Useless POS.


The way you act makes me think they fucked up by stopping the hanging of your kind.
 
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Dutch Uncle said:
It appears that, despite some RW politicians saying so, African-Americans in the mid-19th century and earlier were not as happy, smiling and singing as modern Americans have been led to believe.

That coupled with Jim Crow laws and, post LBJ, economic laws have resulted in too many African-Americans being held down beyond reasonable numbers.

I would never favor giving a citizen money directly from taxpayer funds. Better, IMO, to elevated the population as a whole be it infrastructure, as we sorely need, or high quality education for all economic classes.
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We had that when I was going to school. There were no racial or economic disparities, either.
 
Damocles said:
So, March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) doesn't do it for you? How about Columbus day? They aren't white enough for you? Do you count Christmas as a Jewish holiday or is that one more white to you?
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Well, I'm not Irish. Was Columbus really white? Was Jesus? We don't know.
I want White American month. White lives matter! (all lives matter)
 
Matt Dillon said:
Fuck off, rotten cumbreath faggot.

You'd have already been hanged in the 17-800s, bitchboi.

Useless POS.


The way you act makes me think they fucked up by stopping the hanging of your kind.
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That's a point of pride for me. If it was up to me, you and your kind would be shot in the fucking head in public.
 
Damocles said:
Who cares? In the great scheme of things all holidays are made up by folks to celebrate something, the "when" of it isn't all that important, IMHO. Taking some time to enjoy food is always fun, even if you think it is "made up" and that nobody should ever celebrate anything unless it was made up before you were born (like Juneteenth was).
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Exactly all holidays are made up at some point.
 
Matt Dillon said:
And there will be celebrations marked by rioting and looting and attacking whitey.

Lord help us all. :palm:

The government has gone full retard.
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You're predicting rioting and looting for Friday or Saturday? I just want to be clear about when we should call your stupid ass wrong.
 
Matt Dillon said:
So, will they celebrate Lincoln's birthday again too?

Or he doesn't get the recognition for making it happen because he's a white guy?

So he gets lumped in with all the other presidents. Be they good or bad.
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No law against celebrating Lincoln’s birthday… Your choice!
 
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