A friend of mine wished me a happy Juneteenth today. You can read more about Juneteenth history here. At first I thought, "Why would I want to celebrate the delay of freedom to enslaved Africans in Texas?" Seems kind of shady to celebrate how we got the shaft after the civil war ended. But then I read the history and realized that this the only official state holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the US. Despite the fact that freedom was 2+ years late for enslaved Africans in Texas, I think that we should celebrate it after all. We need to remember that a large majority of African-Americans did not arrive in this country by accident and we've come a long way despite a very painful past. I wanna send a special Happy Juneteenth to all my Loc'd sistas in Texas. How do/did you celebrate Juneteenth? Let a Chi-town gal know (:
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