Originally Posted by staylor26:
I just think a small part of Juneteenth should be about acknowledging that it took a lot of white people, and particularly dead white people, for all of this to happen.
I know talking about white people positively in any historical context is taboo, but at least part of the celebration should be a message of unity, that it took both races coming together to end slavery.
Maybe in your household, you cuck. Round these parts we celebrate white folk. [Reply]
Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger:
You don't know me you racist coward. And like a true bigot you ignored and deflected from the point made AS USUAL.
I never miss a chance to bash the UK. And you've shown you're an obvious R WORD in many threads. Nobody is going to take a chiding from you on that subject
Originally Posted by Why Not?:
Also, I have no issue with the premise of this holiday but you've got to come up with a better name. Juneteenth? WTF is that? That's a name that is almost begging for racist comments. Call it Freedom Day or the Final Abolition of Slavery Day or Texas Liberation Day or anything else.
I'm with you. First time I heard of it I thought it was some Homestar Runner holiday like Decemberween. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief:
Sure, all that shit is super evil. I'm very sorry it happened, but again, none of us had jack squat to do with any of it. We were all just born here and are doing our best to get by in an insane world. I think about race approximately zero times per day on average, until the media or some politician brings it up. I would say the average sane American feels about the same.
You're entitled to live how you live buddy. But some folks are forced to face racial situations every single day and don't have the privilege to not think about it. [Reply]