Current Events > As a brit what is this Juneteenth thing I keep seeing spoken about?

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Seen it a few times now. What's it about?

www.google.com

Emancipation of the slaves.

Holiday celebrating the end of slavery in America.

Conservatives hate it but they don't want to say why.

awm bri-ish TC

When Texas let their slaves free, I think. Took them a long while to actually do it after the Civil War, along with a couple other States, and this is in celebration of that.

Now for the Wiki answer -

is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Deriving its name from combining June and nineteenth, it is celebrated on the anniversary of the order by Major General Gordon Granger proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865 (two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued)

Bad_Mojo posted...

freedom for enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865 (two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued)

The reason Oklahoma has a panhandle is because Texas cared more about keeping slaves than they did having that territory.

ArchonKnight posted...

Emancipation of the slaves.

Well that's strange. We are all slaves to the super rich and powerful the last time I looked around.

We are the npcs that keep the world spinning, while they enjoy their lives as main characters.

gr8 b8 m8

BearlyWilling posted...

www.google.com

You can say this with every single question topic. Even that D&D NPC name one, you can just Google a random name generator

Cobra1010 posted...

Well that's strange. We are all slaves to the super rich and powerful the last time I looked around.

You sure that's the way you want to play this?

Cobra1010 posted...

Well that's strange. We are all slaves to the super rich and powerful the last time I looked around.

We are the npcs that keep the world spinning, while they enjoy their lives as main characters.

Shut up you fuckin nerd

Cobra1010 posted...

Well that's strange. We are all slaves to the super rich and powerful the last time I looked around.

We are the npcs that keep the world spinning, while they enjoy their lives as main characters.

here we go lol

Bad_Mojo posted...

You can say this with every single question topic. Even that D&D NPC name one, you can just Google a random name generator

There's a pretty big difference between something that has a subjective answer and a question that's answered by the Wikipedia blurb at the top of your search results

Ah shit. Have I just been baited by my own fellow countrymen.

Aight my bad. Imma go back to flipping burgers at mcdonalds.

Its the day the McRib comes back nationwide.

EmilyTheCEman posted...

Its the day the McRib comes back nationwide.

omg, I have such nostalgia for that gross fucking thing, gets me every time Ill never learn

IMNOTRAGED posted...

There's a pretty big difference between something that has a subjective answer and a question that's answered by the Wikipedia blurb at the top of your search results

I get that. I'm just saying, it's okay to ask questions online without Googling because pretty much everyone does

There is a reason why, "LMGTFY," gets you a moderation for trolling

Bad_Mojo posted...

I get that. I'm just saying, it's okay to ask questions online without Googling because pretty much everyone does

There is a reason why, "LMGTFY," gets you a moderation for trolling

A) I feel like TC has a history of asking disingenuous questions, so the choice to ask it here instead of Googling is already a bit sus
B) While it's okay to ask questions online, learning to find answers to objective questions is a valuable skill - especially with the internet

TMOG posted...

Holiday celebrating the end of slavery in America.

Ah sounds like a pretty big deal then.

Is it seen as a big holiday in the US?

If I were in the US I'd definitely consider it to be one of the prouder holidays. Doing what a lot of other nations still won't do in 2023 and outlawing slavery.

Any reason there seem to be more tickets on it this year?

In the UK we obviously hear a lot about independence day and thanksgiving but this year is the first time I've heard about Juneteenth.

BearlyWilling posted...

www.google.com

Meh. It's a fair comment. I wanted to see what people on here thought as I imagine the reality is a lot more nuanced than what I'd find by googling.

Cobra1010 posted...

Well that's strange. We are all slaves to the super rich and powerful the last time I looked around.

We are the npcs that keep the world spinning, while they enjoy their lives as main characters.

I will present you with two options. You tell me which option you would prefer:

Option A) You live in an air-conditioned house with tv, internet, and the freedom to do whatever you want within your means while you continue showing up to work "flipping burgers at mcdonald's" from 9-5, 5 days a week.

Option B) You sleep in a barn on hay (if you're lucky) in the southern heat, you are beaten, tortured, raped, and you do whatever someone else tells you to do 24/7. You're murdered if you act up or if your owner feels like it. You spend your days, 7 days a week, all daylight hours, picking cotton from a field in the scorching heat.

You tell me if one is even comparable to the other. Now revisit your post. Do you think it was smart?

SHRlKE posted...

Meh. It's a fair comment. I wanted to see what people on here thought as I imagine the reality is a lot more nuanced than what I'd find by googling.

The reality of what the holiday is for? That's.. pretty objective, I'm not sure what you mean by "more nuanced"

Ruvan22 posted...

The reality of what the holiday is for? That's.. pretty objective, I'm not sure what you mean by "more nuanced"

Well it's become clear some people think some conservatives don't like it. I'm not sure I'd have gotten that looking at wiki.

SHRlKE posted...

Any reason there seem to be more tickets on it this year?

In the UK we obviously hear a lot about independence day and thanksgiving but this year is the first time I've heard about Juneteenth.

You're hearing about it more recently because, while it's long ben a holiday, it only became a federal holiday in 2021 and this year is one of the first that a large chunk of employers gave it to employees as a day off.

Ah ok thanks that makes sense.

I live in Texas and I only heard about Juneteenth a few years ago. It's crazy.

Ninjaluver posted...

I will present you with two options. You tell me which option you would prefer:

Option A) You live in an air-conditioned house with tv, internet, and the freedom to do whatever you want within your means while you continue showing up to work "flipping burgers at mcdonald's" from 9-5, 5 days a week.

Option B) You sleep in a barn on hay (if you're lucky) in the southern heat, you are beaten, tortured, raped, and you do whatever someone else tells you to do 24/7. You're murdered if you act up or if your owner feels like it. You spend your days, 7 days a week, all daylight hours, picking cotton from a field in the scorching heat.

You tell me if one is even comparable to the other. Now revisit your post. Do you think it was smart?

The irony of this cobra post:

I guarantee anyone trying to diminish the value of Juneteenth or the horrors of slavery is almost certainly a right wing libertarian type that votes for, believes in, and supports corporate and big business capitalist dominance.

He would probably choke if you told him he sounded like a misguided Marxist!

I believe it is the day that slaves found out they were free. Apparently, they were free before, but notice was not given. This is a very simplistic explanation because I am not sure.

dj1200 posted...

I believe it is the day that slaves found out they were free. Apparently, they were free before, but notice was not given. This is a very simplistic explanation because I am not sure.

It's when the state officially enforced the end to slavery is a better way to phrase it. And by State I mean the nation in general not just Texas.

SHRlKE posted...

Well it's become clear some people think some conservatives don't like it. I'm not sure I'd have gotten that looking at wiki.

Conservatives don't like it because even though it literally represents the abolition of slavery of black people, they are lashing out against anything and everything that advocates for black people because of everything they see happening.

It's the same with this whole "Pride Month" issue. This wasn't a huge issue in previous years because Pride Month in schools is literally just this harmless thing where schools go "you should accept and care for everybody regardless of who they love or what gender they are", just like Black History month (which has been recognized by schools for decades).

SHRlKE posted...

Well it's become clear some people think some conservatives don't like it. I'm not sure I'd have gotten that looking at wiki.

We don't "think" conservatives don't like it, they say as much themselves.

SHRlKE posted...

Well it's become clear some people think some conservatives don't like it. I'm not sure I'd have gotten that looking at wiki.

"Why do people think conservatives don't like Juneteenth?" seems a better topic title (if that was the first question you had in your mind)

Ruvan22 posted...

"Why do people think conservatives don't like Juneteenth?" seems a better topic title (if that was the first question you had in your mind)

"Why do people think conservatives don't like Juneteenth?"

Probably because conservatives constantly talk shit about it and tell us themselves that they don't like it. Are we not supposed to believe them when they say those things?