Sorry, but, to not know doesn't mean that you don't give a fuck. I'll leave you to this. I can see this is a touchy subject for you. Take it easy.
c'mon bro...I've spent more than half my adult life in asia learning things most local folks here will never pay attention to culturally....Juneteenth was not taught in the schools I attended...nor my sons....nor celebrated by black musicians I've known for decades...it's great to learn about now though...and yeah...I don't have the same experience as you at all..I can tell you about great people throughout the civil rights movements...and history...I've read a lot of literature from Maya Angelou to Martin Luther King Jr and never encountered the Juneteenth celebration or mention of it...maybe it just didn't register....I can tell you some cultural holidays that you are probably unaware of as well.....did you know the worst thing you could do to any Thai person is touch them with your feet...it's why Thai boxing is sensationalized over there. The world is fascinating and thank you for clearing up what Juneteenth means as well as MM for the thread. Learn something everyday and whatever path leads to knowledge...it's not a race to the end...it's endless
It's been a holiday since 1865... White folk have had plenty of time... Here... read up... http://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm
just finished the link....great read....1979 to 2012....honestly was completely unaware of this issue...and Texan history pretty much. I enjoyed the link ..well written and very informative...didn't remember Hillary as SOS addressing it either but I've been a part time hermit for a long time
I question why none of my black friends that I've worked with for so many years ever celebrated this as a holiday or referenced it …..everybody has plenty of time.....you should have met my son when he moved here to Portland and didn't know any names of sports franchises..tv shows...famous people here..yeah..we each accumulate knowledge at our own pace...it's not on any calendar in my home either although Chinese New Year is...
You know for certain, over the internet, that I am white?!? I praise your psychic abilities sir! Sorry again, but, you seem to want white people to know a lot of things. Though it doesn't seem to be that you see how disrespectful you are being to them by posting the way you do. I think if I was to say "Black folk" in a lot of my posts on this forum, I might end up wearing a dviss1 colon.
Don't flatter yourself. I personally don't give a fuck how you feel about what I have to say.. White people DO need to figure this shit out and care about your fellow citizens. Because not giving a fuck leads to shit like this:
As we evolve if we ever do...I'd recommend just stopping color tagging humans at some point and saying...Bad people DO need to figure this shit out and care about your fellow citizens or stupid people or violent people, etc.....being bad isn't exclusive...it's universal.
Thank you for letting me know that you don't give a fuck. Yet you Do want others to give a fuck, that much is glaringly apparent. No need replying, our little chat has come to an end as it is clear that you are incapable of holding an adult conversation. Take it easy dviss1, maybe one day you will wake up them White people. While you are it though, you might want to take time out to wake yourself up too.
No. No. No. White people need to fix what they created. Plain and simple. Sorry, but the double standard is real. It doesn't work both ways. This system of oppression was not created by us and white people still benefit from slavery and Jim Crow to this day. Pay your reparations.
We have no reason to. When the hispanics outnumber us both combined what are you going to require of them? They'll ignore you but I'm just curious.
The United States has plenty of reason to pay is reparations. We paid them to the Japanese. It's high time.
Here's a little known fact about Koreans. When shaking hands or accepting a gift, you should place you left finger tips under your right wrist with palm facing up and fingers extended as if lifting up some imaginary baggy sleeve over the right arm (the one doing the handshaking or gift receiving). If receiving the gift with two hands, this would not apply but a slight bow would apply. You would do this if you wanted to display good manners to a Korean. However, I also never heard of Juneteenth but thanks to Mediocreman and dviss, I've now been educated. It's always nice to learn something new and significant.
I'm not sure that's fair. If you've never been told something, how can you care? Harrison Schmitt is a big fucking deal, but not many know who he is, or what he did.
It's been a holiday for 154 years. It's amazing to me how that much time can pass and you all not be aware of it. This is a testament to how white people in this country have oppressed and continue to oppress my people. Erase our histories... literally kill us... Incarcerate us on mass scale while giving our white counterparts much smaller sentences for the same crimes... No wonder why you all don't know about the holiday that commemorates the day that we were made free... It's shameful....
