On June 17, 2021 President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. The law made June 19th a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Juneteenth's commemoration is on the anniversary date of the June 19, 1865, announcement of Union Army General Gordon Granger proclaiming and enforcing freedom of enslaved people in Texas, which was the last state of the Confederacy with institutional slavery. The House version of the bill was sponsored by Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, and was co-sponsored by 166 members, two of whom are Republicans. It passed 415 to 14, with all the no votes coming from Republicans. It passed the Senate via unanimous consent.
@93PCQFD1mo
No, all it does is fuel Black Nationalism and greed
Accept it as a cultural holiday and allow black Americans to have PAID time off
Yes to Juneteenth or Emancipation Day. Get rid of Flag Day, which is silly and has nothing to with freedom.
No(because white people get the day off), but Black Americans should receive reparations
@93NF8M91mo
Doesn’t matter to me honestly
I do not have an opinion, because this should be an issue for people of color
@93MHD361mo
Yes, and add Emancipation Day to the list of national holidays as well
No it's a Holiday from a specific state. Other states can vote on making it a holiday.
@93M4DQJ1mo
Yes, but forbid any political-driven influence or agendas such as CRT and the 1619 Project.
@93LVNPD1mo
Yes, we should have more federal holidays.
@93LDMT61mo
yes, but in doing so, white federal workers had the day off but many black americans were at work that day. It should be standard that every single working black american gets the day PAID & OFF. Along with reparations.
yes, but we should not owe anything to black americans if we had nothing to do with other people’s actions
@93KPLJY1mo
Only if reparations for Black people and systemic transformations occur that eliminate white supremacy
@93KNJLN1mo
both the third and fifth options are the best
@93KJVMV2mos
@jlaud032mos
Yes, but it should be about celebrating American freedom and history
@93JQBLX2mos
No, for Juneteenth was not the true end of slavery
@93JMGPK2mos
No, and end heritage months and designate one month to celebrate all cultures and ethnicities instead and get rid of mlk day
@93J33PZ2mos
I think celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation would be more worthwhile, either that or simply incorporating black citizens into the festivities at Independance day. We want to celebrate what we have in common, and as it has been used by the Democrats, they have gone out of their way to use it to separate black citizens off from other Americans. We shouldn't have one Independence day for one group and then another for everyone else. That's divisive.
Yes, as long as we don't increase the number of paid days off for federal employees.
@93H845F2mos
No, should be celebrating the 13th amendment
@93H4W5Y2mos
Yes, and work on reparations.
@93GVFKS2mos
Yes but abolish thanksgiving
@93GQH7N2mos
Yes, and make Emancipation day a national holiday too
@GioSolo2mos
No, celebrate the passage of the 13th Amendment.
@93GGJW82mos
Yes, and we should have Emancipation day as well
@93GF92G2mos
I do not have enough knowledge on the topic to make an informed opinion
@93G8JC32mos
No, each state should celebrate its own day when slavery ended
Yes, but let's focus on helping the black community instead of just giving them a month.
@93G364J2mos
No, end end heritage months period. They create more separation and division. Everyone should celebrate their cultures individually whenever they want.
@93G2JZP2mos
Yes, and Emancipation Day is fine too
@93FQQ342mos
Sure. If a majority of American think it should be
@93FNFM32mos
That should be a vote up to the people. I’m not interested.
@93FP5972mos
Yes, but all heritage months should be transitioned into one month to celebrate all cultures and ethnicities (including Caucasian’s).
@93DSXPD2mos
I think that people have capitalized on it like other things to profit off of the pains and messages of identities that are not their own.
@93DCH952mos
If we had a better society, we wouldn’t have to celebrate something that should have been the standard
No, make Emancipation Day a national holiday instead, and making public holidays such as Juneteenth federal holidays offers bias to one group over all others which is unconstitutional. No present-day Black Americans are slaves and all have been free for over 150 years, and do not deserve reparations any more than any other ethnicity in America. The actions of extremist groups in our country should not govern the stereotypes for all other Americans.
@93D4NMC2mos
It should be voted on by the people.
@93CCV2L2mos
Absolutely not. Martin Luther King day is representing. There is no Native Americans dayas a holiday. Natives were the first slaves and genocide victims.
No, it should be December 6th 1865 when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified abolishing slavery in the U.S.
@93BRBDL2mos
No, and end all heritage months.
@93B86HZ2mos
No, end federal holidays.
no, make passage of 13th amendment the holiday
@939JCLJ2mos
No, we have enough holidays. Meat prices are too high to keep having BBQ’s every month and no one has enough time to rotate their decorations every other week nor the room to keep investing in and storing more decor.
@8TMFV7P2mos
Yes, but make Emancipation Day a national holiday as well
I think yes but be respectful of others that don't support it.
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