The bill to make Juneteenth a national holiday passes.
 

Of course there were certain Repubs in the House who didn't agree with it.
Who are the 14 House Republicans who voted against a Juneteenth holiday? And why?
Of course they have various reasons for voting against the bill such as Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky who thinks that Can't have certain people opting out of the good ol' 4th of July celebrations now can we? Or is it that certain groups don't want a mention of that little enslavement of an entire race of people thing? Celebrating the end of it is just uh, un-American.

It's about time.

Just watched the official signing. Sure made this old hippie proud. :)

You know it will be harder now not to teach about this in school.

There will still be the ones who will skip past the whole issue...

Yes, but GOP propagandists will try to grab credit for the whole thing because of the Senate vote.

"It was all our doing."

Watch.

You underestimate the Reich-Wingers. They are kings of selectively editing history. They seem to have an unending supply of whitewash.

In a strange sort of way, the taint of racism on the GOP from Trump's overt racism forced Congressional Republicans to grab on to this fig leaf.

The GQP cult will have a tough time with CRT and this holiday.
Race and this holiday kinda go hand and hand...


Critical race theory
Critical race theory is an academic movement of civil-rights scholars and activists who seek to critically examine the law as it intersects with issues of race and to challenge mainstream liberal approaches to racial justice. Critical race theory examines social, cultural and legal issues as they relate to race and racism.

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Critical race history is accurate.
Of course planter class white conservatives object to any highlighting of it.

Candice weighs in and her twist comes as no surprise.......

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...cid=uxbndlbing

Just look at that picture. I'm not even going to say it.

Of course it is and that's why they hate it. Remember when I told Conservatives on here that the slave driving Plantation owners were really little more than businessmen doing exactly what many businessmen today would do if they could? Their f**king heads exploded because they know it's true.

It's simple. The tendency will always be to cut costs, gain greater control over workers and working conditions. Take away government oversight, the ability of workers themselves to push back and watch what happens........:rolleyes:

Welcome to the f**king plantation.

I had the thought that if it forces them to move away from the bigots in their party, even just a little, it's a good thing. But, then I realized that this would only last until the next election cycle if that long. By then, the moronic bigots will have forgotten all about this and the GOP will start dog-whistling them again, anyways.

That's her role. Every time the racists need someone to make them feel comfortable about their position on various topics on race they trot her out. It's said about her that "she's not invited to the cookout".
The pic? Nah, I'm not saying it either.

You mean like what happened to the meat packing and poultry industries during the height of the pandemic? Like that?

Yes.

Or the poultry plant in North Carolina were something like 107 worker burned to death because the plant manager had the fire exits padlocked.....

Bastard was worried about people grabbing extra smoke breaks.

No, that doesn't happen here, because our businessmen love us. Just ask any dumbass Trumper.

I was surprised I didn't know about that poultry plant fire, so I looked it up. Casualties weren't quite as bad as you remember--not over 100 killed, there were only 81 working in the plant. But if those are only 11 made it out unhurt, and 25 were killed. As the Smithsonian article talks about, it goes to show nothing has changed since the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911. Business is business. If you don't make them give a shit about anything but money for owners, they won't.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histo...eap-180964816/

BTW, exactly one guy took the fall in court for the locked exits and everything else. He got a sentence just shy of 20 years, which probably sped up his eligibility for parole. He got out after four.

Thanks for the correction. Only four years for endangering 81 people and killing 25...... What a damn shame.:mad:

Good ol' Ron Johnson attempted to capitalize on the holiday by appearing at a Wisconsin celebration. It Didn't go so well.
Senator Ron Johnson Loudly Booed At Milwaukee Juneteenth Celebration This from the senator who's trying to whitewash tRump's insurrection and is still promoting tRump's big lie..