Here's your #juneteenth reminder that slavery is still legal in the United States and codified in the 13th, and while all y'all white people are up in your happy neoliberal vacation feels, the vast majority of people incarcerated in a for-profit system of so-called justice are Black and brown not only due to continued institutional racism but also an FBI documented infiltration of police forces by white suprematists and a GOP goal of running the courts but y'all have a nice day off taking a hike and drinking a latte.
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Happy Juneteenth to all #mastodon, much love and shared resolve to my African American brothers and sisters out there. Shoutout to the diaspora as well #Juneteenth #BlackMastodon
Happy #Juneteenth Everyone!
So, Juneteenth is today & I would be super excited about barbecuing, tasting new foods & drinking delicious (non-alcoholic) beverages. However, I must go to work later tonight (my boss gave me Sunday off instead), so I must skip most of the festivities. Although this holiday commemorates the liberation of my African ancestors on American soil, it is also a time of solemn reflection on the struggle involved in achieving freedom (which was…
https://darnellclayton.com/2024/06/19/happy-juneteenth-everyone/
Juneteenth has #Indigenous history. When Black people who escaped slavery in Florida joined the Seminole Tribe, they became Black Seminoles. They're also called Mascogos b/c they migrated to Mexico, where slavery was already abolished. The Mascogos built the town El Nacimiento in 1852, but still interacted with Seminoles in Texas who brought them Juneteenth in the 1870s. Black Seminoles in Mexico had to survive slavery, the Trail of Tears, & the US-Mexico Border to celebrate #juneteenth #history
I'd like to see the fediverse celebrate this year's #juneteenth by lifting up Black voices, and making Black people feel more welcome here.
To people who feel really strongly about quote boosts, putting content warnings on people's lived experience, and denying all the evidence of racism being prevalent here, maybe take a break for just one day.
Juneteenth is a recognized holiday now, seeing posts on my other socials checking to see if working class Black folks get it off. Consensus appears to be a resounding "no".
Happy Juneteenth everyone!
So #juneteenth Tommorow June 19 celebrating the freedom of slaves. Hell yeah we should be all celebrating that no cap. But my grampa was born and raised in mississippi in the 1960's and he ain't had no freedom then ! So yeah end of slavery but it ain no end of persecuting black folk. That shit carried on fo decades. Fck we ain free now !!
Hey white people, tomorrow is #Juneteenth, and you can celebrate by...
🎉 listening to black folks 🎉
We still have a few on Mastodon.
We would have more if we didn't whitesplain shit to them and act like assholes.
Fun fact: telling marginalized groups that their experiences aren't valid is a kinda shitty thing to do in general.
We still have a looong fucking way to go.
Maybe you're thinking "I'm not one of *those* white people, I have a BLM sign in my yard!" 🙎♀️
Fun fact: If that was what popped into your head, then you probably *are* one of those white people. 💁♀️
I try to regularly remind myself not to be. It can be hard to unlearn the stories your privilege tells you. Listening to someone else's stories helps.
I'm just writing this because I have some reach here and I want to use that privilege to amplify others.
Go check out #BlackMastodon and read shit. Don't jump into conversations, don't announce that you're an ally—just read and boost.
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If you're in the Seattle area, the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM) is doing cool stuff on Wednesday:
https://www.naamnw.org/juneteenth
You can read more about why this holiday exists here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
Cheers,
—Alice 💜
Juneteenth is a federal holiday.
"But in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas; Republicans have passed laws to prevent teachers from teaching kids why."
M D'Arrigo
End legal slavery in the US.
“And though members of Congress denounce imported goods made with prison labor in places like China’s Xinjiang province, the offices of many government agencies in Washington and elsewhere are stocked with furniture and supplies made by prisoners in this country.”
“Labor that people have no meaningful right to refuse and that is enforced under conditions of total control is, unquestionably, slavery.”
In today's story on @medium, I propose that white employees who are getting paid time off for #Juneteenth consider paying #reparations to Black folks.
Click the link, not the image preview, to bypass the paywall:
This #juneteenth, an offering:
One of my most popular, precious and important lasercut designs
In 2020 the artist Binx Taylor requested these from me. Thank you Binx 💖 (Go follow them today!) https://the-binx.com/
in '20-'21 I distributed hundreds of free pairs of these around #PDX and further
This file is what inspired @laser_bloc, my free laser file mutual aid group
So now this file and others are freely available to you: https://acab.city/gallery/jewelry%2FBLM%20Heart