As Juneteenth falls during this American racial reckoning, what are we truly celebrating? Read JamilSmith on why emancipation is not freedom
. Take Uncle Ben and the grinning brother on the Cream of Wheat logo with you, please.
This hearkens back to the question of what defines emancipation versus what constitutes true liberty. The former is something to celebrate. But full citizenship is what we demand, and what has yet to be fully achieved under a state that continues to prioritize white political, physical, and economic power over black lives.
Rejecting that ghastly compromise seems to be a key mission of the protesters, of all colors, but there is a danger of exhaustion, and of distraction. President Trump will do his best to shift the national attention his way on Saturday with a rally in Tulsa —so as to not have the white-nationalist president coming to the city that suffered the Black Wall Street Massacre 99 years ago on the Juneteenth holiday.
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