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63 sats \ 53 replies \ @Satosora 19 Jun \ on: The Problem with Juneteenth econ

I didnt even know this was a holiday. When did it become a holiday? Last three years?

52 sats \ 46 replies \ @TNStacker 20 Jun

Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was signed into law, June 17, 2021.

Here are the states that recognize it:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/09/more-than-half-of-states-now-recognize-juneteenth-as-an-official-holiday/

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 20 Jun

Yeah, this was during the time I was in Taiwan, so I didnt realize it was a holiday.

42 sats \ 44 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 20 Jun

That’s a pretty random looking assortment of states.

62 sats \ 43 replies \ @TNStacker 20 Jun

Yeah. Arizona held out on MLK forever, so they are doing what they do. I was surprised Tennessee signed on so quickly. California has so many religions and peoples the kind of let people select certain holidays or take days not nationally recognized.

21 sats \ 42 replies \ @Satosora 20 Jun

Why did they hold out so long? Federal holidays all the states have to accept, right? Is juneteenth not a national holiday?

41 sats \ 41 replies \ @TNStacker 20 Jun

Mississippi celebrates Robert E. Lee Day on MLK Day. Does that answer your question?

Some holidays are Federal and Bank holidays. Some are not. States get to decide.

31 sats \ 37 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 20 Jun

I hadn’t heard the Mississippi thing. That’s wild.

42 sats \ 36 replies \ @TNStacker 20 Jun

I was living there when MLK Day became a holiday. The first year all the newspapers had Robert E. Lee and Confederate flags on the front page. Today Mississippi and Alabama keep it going refusing to honor King.

42 sats \ 35 replies \ @Undergotten 20 Jun

I understand the love they have of an important historical figure, but it seems so insulting to pit him against MLK. Like, why not both? Why create a fight like that?

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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 20 Jun

oh I see. Some cultures are baked in tradition. I guess the south likes Lee better than King.

22 sats \ 1 reply \ @TNStacker 20 Jun

The white south seems to. Most Blacks live in the South, but you might not know that.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 20 Jun

Yes, I realize that a lot of black people live in the south.

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216 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 19 Jun

It's been a holiday for over a hundred years, but until recently it was almost exclusively celebrated by black Americans.

42 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 19 Jun

My father told me it was a national holiday now?

128 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 19 Jun

That's right. It was added to the list of Federal Holidays two or three years ago.