Housekeeping: Happy Juneteenth

We can even leave all that out of it and focus on the Constitutional consequences of slavery. Slavery led directly to the Civil War, which in turn led to the enactment of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, which were all direct attempts to right at least some of the wrongs caused by slavery. These amendments saw the first use of the phrase "right to vote" in the Constitution, and established equal protection under the law, due process rights, and automatic citizenship - all of which affect Americans today.

EBFlunk should crack a history book sometime.

FreedMike--Just read EB's remark on the Father's Day article.

"To all the liberals:

Happy gender neutral non birthing persons day."

“FreedMike--Just read EB's remark on the Father's Day article.

"To all the liberals:

Happy gender neutral non birthing persons day."”

Reminder this is an article about a June holiday not Father’s Day.

“Do you have any family wealth that came down from more than about three generations ago? Then your pocketbook was impacted by slavery.”

Ridiculous statement aside, nobody in my family has received one cent of inheritance.

I understand and can appreciate the importance of Juneteenth. Slavery was a dark period in America but we corrected the situation.

My grandparents on both sides immigrated to America after the civil war. They never benefited from slavery. So do not ask me to pay for something I was not involved in, or my ancestors were involved in. Go after the descendant who partook in the slave trade and that includes Africans that sold their own people.

@wolfwagen: I see your point, but Juneteenth isn't about reparations. I'm not sure why you're connecting the two.

Agree Juneteenth isn't about reparations it is about emancipation of slaves. Making Juneteenth a holiday was not contingent upon reparations. I doubt that Congress would pass a law allowing reparations because of the budget and it would be very divisive. Slavery was a dark period in the history of the United States and should be remembered only not to repeat it.

"Reparation: the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged."

A society as a whole can help reduce racism, bigotry, and hatred by acknowledging past wrongs and assess our own thoughts and habits. We all have areas we can improve upon.

Juneteenth is a step in the right direction.

How can we acknowledge the past when liberals are working hard to erase it?

I would challenge this particular commenter to explain how exactly liberals are working hard to erase history. Are liberals going around banning CRT? Are liberals banning books about the Holocaust? Are liberals pushing for 'Don't Say Gay' and other forms of oppression?

Of course not. Just more lies from Putin's favorite propagandist.

"How can we acknowledge the past when liberals are working hard to erase it?" Evidence please?

You take offence to confederate statues being taken down?

They were enemies of the USA.

You expect Putin to build a statue of Volodymyr Zelenskyy?