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    Don Lemon was freaking out about how Trump didn't know what this date was.

    CNN living in another reality from the rest of the world who have never heard of it lmao.

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    Would be shocked if any of the non black posters here knew about it before the last few weeks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unrivaled View Post
    Don Lemon was freaking out about how Trump didn't know what this date was.

    CNN living in another reality from the rest of the world who have never heard of it lmao.
    Wife got mad when I told her Trump has given the day and black wall street more publicity than they have ever had.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Odom View Post
    Landers

    STFU on this

    We need a -300 soccer pick from you


    BTW --- What happened to your new Poker career ?
    TGF tanked

    Boat cut and ran, now that c unt IAG is running the show.

    BTW, f uck off

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chi_archie View Post
    yeah, every July 4th I just get so depressed thinking about and being reminded of how we were under the thumb of England and had taxation without representation.

    let's just move on from that ugliness
    England and the USA are separate countries.

    In the USA Blacks and whites live together in the same country.

    You're welcome to delete your bad analogy now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unrivaled View Post
    Don Lemon was freaking out about how Trump didn't know what this date was.

    CNN living in another reality from the rest of the world who have never heard of it lmao.
    This is actually funny because on millionaire a few weeks ago Anderson cooper didn’t know the answer to a simple question about us time zones. He had to have Andy Cohen help him. Surely they should know the US map.

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    Juneteenth?

    I believe that's to commemorate the day in 1654 when Anthony Johnson was the first person in the colonies to own a slave for life legally (John Casor) and not as punishment for a felony. John Casor was a black indentured servant and up until that point Africans (and Europeans who entered into servitude) were not slaves but indentured servants who became free after their contracts were fulfilled. After John Casor, the flood gates of lifetime slavery opened.

    Oh yeah, Anthony Johnson was a free black man. Oops.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dlowilly View Post
    Juneteenth?

    I believe that's to commemorate the day in 1654 when Anthony Johnson was the first person in the colonies to own a slave for life legally (John Casor) and not as punishment for a felony. John Casor was a black indentured servant and up until that point Africans (and Europeans who entered into servitude) were not slaves but indentured servants who became free after their contracts were fulfilled. After John Casor, the flood gates of lifetime slavery opened.

    Oh yeah, Anthony Johnson was a free black man. Oops.



    holy shit. I looked this up and it’s true.

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    Amazon served chicken and waffles to employers during the celebration lol

    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/19/chic...lebration.html

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    Never heard of it until a few days ago.

    Now we are making it a national holliday

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    Quote Originally Posted by MinnesotaFats View Post
    Amazon served chicken and waffles to employers during the celebration lol

    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/19/chic...lebration.html


    My golf league partner said in his weekly conference call, they were talking about Juneteenth and nobody knew what it was, so the leader of the call asked the lone black team member to tell everyone what it was. Lmao

    This shit is making all kinds of potentially racist shit pop up.

    Only answer is to forget about race and move on down the road.

    But certain folks don’t want that to happen

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    Quote Originally Posted by MinnesotaFats View Post
    Amazon served chicken and waffles to employers during the celebration lol

    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/19/chic...lebration.html
    but did they serve aunt jemima syrup with it?

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    Just another bullshit BLM pandering holiday like Kuanzaa unless they start paying time and a 1/2 for it..then I'm all for it.

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    Have never heard about it before

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    After hearing about it today non stop I’ve heard enough of it to last a lifetime

    later

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    When I ran a beer wholesaler it popped up.

    Small celebrations in the predominantly black areas were present, but it wasn't a big deal.

    Basically, as word spread of Lincoln's EP that became Juneteenth to the slaves...noone knew the exact day because there was very slow communications.

    We considered using it as a marketing vehicle, but I ultimately passed because I felt doing Colt 45 sales or discounts on Budweiser taps in predominantly black bars was bastardizing the significant premise of the event and pandering to a community with enough issues.

    Fact is, blacks haven't celebrated it in over 80 years and current black youth doesn't give a shit about history or morals or values or anything other then themselves and their next tattoo for a new selfie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Halfapointoff View Post
    Lol. I thought I was the only one. Also besides being 70 years old or more maybe, have you seen a white supremacist before. I mean actually in person. The way the media portrays America, kkk kicking it at every street corner. I have never seen a kkk member or white supremacist ever in my life.
    You've got to look a little harder, H-Pt.

    I’ve heard they’re everywhere.

    The elderly women knocked to the ground in NY was rumored to be a rank-and-file member.

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    Never heard of him

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    I was raised by hippie parents, attended a liberal Ivy League college, attended an even more liberal Ivy League law school and I had never heard the term in my life until 3 days ago.

    When I heard the TV announcer say "June teenth," I thought he'd forgotten the date.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigtymer56 View Post
    Yes.
    Which ones?

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    Quote Originally Posted by grease lightnin View Post
    My golf league partner said in his weekly conference call, they were talking about Juneteenth and nobody knew what it was, so the leader of the call asked the lone black team member to tell everyone what it was. Lmao

    This shit is making all kinds of potentially racist shit pop up.

    Only answer is to forget about race and move on down the road.

    But certain folks don’t want that to happen
    It's like choosing the black guy for you basketball team because you assume he will be good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by eidolon View Post
    It's like choosing the black guy for you basketball team because you assume he will be good.
    But here's the problem: the assumption's often correct.

    After Karl gets picked in the first 2 seconds, jump to 1:10 in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S70dzMyHoLM

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    Quote Originally Posted by bigtymer56 View Post
    Would be shocked if any of the non black posters here knew about it before the last few weeks.
    Shock yourself, man. I knew. But then again I am a senior and have had many more years of attempted brainwashing than most of you.

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    Never fukkin heard of it until 2 weeks ago

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    YES i celebrate it every year

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unrivaled View Post
    Don Lemon was freaking out about how Trump didn't know what this date was.

    CNN living in another reality from the rest of the world who have never heard of it lmao.
    why do right wingers ride don lemons cawk so much. The guy is horrible at times, why watch him and make yourself miserable? I ave a biddy at work, that brings his name up to me everytime we disagree on something. He watches him every night

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    I did not know what Juneteenth was and neither did most black people until recently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wikkidinsane View Post
    YES i celebrate it every year
    Wikki, how do you celebrate?

    Do you BBQ like on 4th of July?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JMobile View Post
    Never heard of him
    LOL!

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    Quote Originally Posted by wikkidinsane View Post
    YES i celebrate it every year
    Hey wiki. Have you ever seen that blm logo on bubbas car before? I always see a black fist only

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    Quote Originally Posted by wikkidinsane View Post
    YES i celebrate it every year
    Hey if you have heard of that have you heard of this?


    In 1654 Anthony Johnson was the first person in the colonies to own a slave for life legally (John Casor) and not as punishment for a felony. John Casor was a black indentured servant and up until that point Africans (and Europeans who entered into servitude) were not slaves but indentured servants who became free after their contracts were fulfilled. After John Casor, the flood gates of lifetime slavery opened.

    Oh yeah, Anthony Johnson was a free black man. Oops.

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    Let’s relax ... it was in 1865. We are now just starting to celebrate. Whatever. I’m still in though. Bottoms up.

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    A lot of good feedback in this thread.

    Much appreciated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by THE HITMAN View Post
    Shock yourself, man. I knew. But then again I am a senior and have had many more years of attempted brainwashing than most of you.
    Do you work for CNN?

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    Same weekend as Father’s Day!

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