Cacs taking over Juneteenth UNAPPRECIATION

[Shadow King]

Edit: NVM, mistook the tweet he responded to

 

[UpAndComing]

People were complaining saying that black folks celebrate Cinco De Mayo or July 4th but don’t care about Juneteenth. I remember when all Juneteenth was was a person yelling stuff into a mic on stage and like 5 vendors…. 3 of them sold like soaps and oils. Should’ve kept it on the low if people are going to complain about it being commercialized now. Every single holiday is commercialized.. Why would Juneteenth be and different?

Facts. For a good decade (maybe even 15 years) there was a large sector of the community that was screaming at the mountaintops to "make this more recognized'

Can't get mad now

 

[east]

wake up, read the news, this is the first story i see

Juneteenth is at risk of losing its meaning

The holiday is meant to commemorate emancipation from slavery.

www.axios.com

Spoiler

Juneteenth is meant to acknowledge Black emancipation from enslavement, but there's a risk it could turn into just another day off, defined more by road trips and sales on mattresses.

The big picture: Corporations, retailers and some local governments are struggling with how to honor the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery.

• Walmart apologized last month after launching a store-brand ice cream labeled as “Celebration Edition: Juneteenth.” Following a social media backlash, it pulled pints from its shelves.
• The Children's Museum of Indianapolis also was forced to apologize this month after it came under fire for selling a "Juneteenth Watermelon Salad."
• Last year, an Ikea store in Atlanta drew criticism after making a special menu for Juneteenth that Black employees called insensitive, with items including fried chicken and watermelon.

Why it matters: Juneteenth became a federal holiday just last year. This year is the first time it's been a holiday that anyone has been able to plan for.

• And it comes during a red-hot summer travel season, and against a backdrop of state-level efforts to state-level efforts to clamp down on teaching about slavery in schools.
• Roughly 33% of U.S. companies have made Juneteenth a paid holiday, according to preliminary results from an ongoing Mercer survey, and another 11% are considering it for 2023.

What they're saying: "When you live in a society like ours, there's always the danger that these sorts of holidays will be absorbed into a kind of market, consumer-based. kind of logic or experience," Eddie S. Glaude, chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University, told Axios.

• "You don't just want to commercialize it. This is not just another day where you just take off," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told Axios. "It is a day of freedom, of liberation for people who were once slaves and who were set free."

Yes, but: Some companies are using Juneteenth as an opportunity for branding and community service.

• Power Home Remodeling— one of the nation's largest exterior home remodelers — is kicking off an inaugural Juneteenth Initiative in Atlanta with a walking tour of Black historical sites and outings to Black-owned businesses.
• Delta Air Lines and American Family Insurance announced their participation in Unlock Potential, a racial equity-focused hiring program for at-risk youth that aims to prevent incarceration.

[*]Background: Juneteenth has been celebrated for years in Houston and Galveston, Texas, to commemorate U.S. Major General Gordon Granger issuing General Order No. 3 during the Civil War.

• That order announced that, in accordance with the Emancipation Proclamation, “all slaves are free.” Texas was one of the last places in the U.S. where enslaved people learned of the Emancipation.
• The day was marked for decades in the Houston area with cookouts, parades, concerts, and lectures as a way to recapture the excitement of hope and emancipation.
• Juneteenth celebrations became more and more prominent across the country in recent years, and became a rallying point following the murder of George Floyd, which helped build the momentum to make it a federal holiday.

The bottom line: "Whether you're having a barbecue and eating red velvet cake on Juneteenth and not thinking about slavery at all, or whether it is a program that has been organized so that we can think about it... without the holiday, those two different events wouldn't have happened," Glaude said.

the coli's fun, let's browse that instead... this is the first thread i see

 

[Prodyson]

"Juneteenth marks the anniversary of the announcement of General Order No. 3 by Union Army general Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, proclaiming freedom enslaved people in Texas.[7]" - from wikipedia(hate using them but I'm lazy rn)

Of course u haven't seen it, ur living in states of people where the occasion did not apply nor did it pertain to them

It did to Texans as they the primary focus

And those of us who r descendents of them in the West who live in LA, Oakland, Phoenix, Seattle, Compton

I’m confused. So are you happy with the way it was since the people it truly affected already largely celebrated it, or do you want it to be a federally recognized holiday?

I’m sure when he was saying that it wasn’t celebrated like that, he was referring to people around the whole country. I’m lost as to what people want now. You can’t ask the country to recognize then get upset when people who live in the country celebrate/recognize it…. Except corporations exploiting for profit. That’s bogus.

 

[stellarstella]

Walmart literally owns the Juneteenth trademark.... Cacs gon cac

Wait what? You have a link?

 

[shopthatwrecks]

Everyone trying to takeover Juneteenth Cacs, Africans, Latins, Caribbeans.

its become another ADOS thing, everyone else is trying to exploit.

juneteenth now june 27th when canadians got a hold to it

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

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[TheJet]

Went to a couple Juneteenth celebrations today. There were a few alabaster folks sprinkled in,but they seemed like they was in pocket tho.
I do fully expect corporations to try some fukkery next year again tho

 

[stellarstella]

Went to a couple Juneteenth celebrations today. There were a few alabaster folks sprinkled in,but they seemed like they was in pocket tho.
I do fully expect corporations to try some fukkery next year again tho

You already know…

Lots of pale ones at our Juneteenth celebration, but they were putting money into the pockets of black folks so…

 

[TheJet]

You already know…

Lots of pale ones at our Juneteenth celebration, but they were putting money into the pockets of black folks so…

It was all love, but there was a. Part of me that wanted to tell them to vacate our space. Some came with their partners. I consider myself progressive, but I would feel weird bringing a Becky to a Juneteenth event

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

 

[TheJet]

Burn fire pon him.