The Senate voted unanimously to make Juneteenth a national holiday.
That means EVERY republican senator voted to make Juneteenth a national holiday. NONE of them objected. That includes the most racist of them. So that shows you what an empty gesture it is, because the likes of Mitch McConnell and Ted Cruz were like ā*shrug* why not?ā
Theyāre trying to wipe Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project clean from the curriculum and go back to pretending slavery never happened or wasnāt āthat badā and of course go back to pretending racism is over and denying systemic racism exists. That is the current news wave. That is trending, pressing, news.
And in the midst of that they go āsure, letās make the day that literally marks the end of slavery a day of recognitionā because it doesnāt mean shit.
Now, Juneteenth should be a national holiday and this would be great news if it came with approval of Critical Race Theory and MAYBE if they also passed the goddamn Voting Rights Act and stopped implementing Jim Crow era-type suppressive voting laws in a different state every month.
Thereās no action behind it. Itās empty. Itās useless.