Reality vs Adventure Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 June 19th is officially recognized nationally and signed into affect by Biden as the day of independence for black Americans when in June 19, 1865 after the civil war, the Union soldiers declared the independence of blacks from slavery in Galveston Texas. Why Galveston? Because it is the farthest south the soldiers had to go and carve a path of independence for blacks as the southern strongholds still refused to give them freedom even when the war ended. All this time blacks have been celebrating the 4th of July as an independence that their ancestors didn't even have till more than a century after the country's independence from England. USA independence was in 1776 and black independence from slavery was 1865. And even after that blacks endured oppression and segregation and didn't get full rights till the 1960's civil rights era. And today we are seeing that same oppressive pattern that has inflicted them and their ancestors their entire existence in America. So today, blacks can celebrate their independence in a new light and I hope all of us celebrate with them as they have always celebrated the independence from England. And this is a holiday where everyone gets the day off work and some even the Friday before it. I'm very happy to share this holiday with them. Crazycrab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 It's about damn time. Reality vs Adventure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality vs Adventure Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 (edited) And republicans are already trying to whitewash the holiday saying trump should get the credit for it. And he does get credit, but not for any good reason. His administration had known white nationalists in it and this is a psychological tactic what they did. They wanted to hold a rally on June 19th in Tulsa Oklahoma where blacks were massacred in 1921. And we all know their rallies are racist bigotry. And that's why there was backlash against trump for trying that, which he cancelled. Set this straight and clear-the republicans had only one intention to hold a rally on that day at that place; to please their racist base and intimidate blacks. And besides, it was Biden who made it a holiday, not trump. Edited June 19, 2021 by Reality vs Adventure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blackangel Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 If you want positive progress, you have to go to a Democrat. If you want negative recession, you have to go to a republiKKKlan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
