The Politics of Juneteenth
/When I pointed out that President Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware, which he positively referred to as a “slave state,” had slaves after Juneteenth, I was called a “coon” and accused of simping for white supremacy. If the immediate effect of Juneteenth being a holiday is collective ignorance, I think we’ve got a problem.
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Many Democrat operatives expect marginalized communities to experience schadenfreude when a powerful man like Trump gets what they think is coming to him. But the reality is that most people want real justice over social or performative justice.