Biden put his own wife in charge of the First Lady's office. Flagrant nepotism. I hope someone investigates.

'Juneteenth'?

LIBERATION Day
I am In.

good ol' Texas, failing to
Notify the fucking Slaves
that they were Actally FREE.

Reparate THAT, Texas.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=redemption+song+bob+marley&atb=v278-1__&iar=videos&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dyv5xonFSC4c

"an 11-day bombing campaign of Gaza"

Never mind the over 4000 rockets fired by Hamas at Israel. Fuck you Rich. This is why I don't donate4 the The Stranger.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-05-20/hamas-amass-arsenal-rockets-strike-israel (aka a real newspaper)

@4,

I lived in Denver suburbs for 7 years and in Denver for 3 and I didn't know what Juneteenth was until just this year.

I'm not saying you're wrong or a liar though, I could very well have been oblivious. I'm an uber homebody.

There's no such thing as "reverse discrimination." It's discrimination or it's not, adding "reverse" to it is meaningless.

@11/12,
Not often, no. Most of my time there was spent in the SE part, past cherry creek. Nope, don't know marade either.

@13, I have no idea what you're on about, I just think the word "reverse" is unnecessary in describing discrimination.

It is a well-known fact that most white folks are fascinated with black folks and urgently empathize with their marginalization at the hands of the all-white, violent country club police departments, so this monetary exclusion from the “Take Back Pride” event coordinators smacks of reverse discrimination. Also, white folks admire black folks’ big black weenies and juicy brown tits, so this policy is a real letdown.

They should just charge $5 a head for everyone and get on with the show.

One powerful lesson from this impasse is that all these mayoral candidates got scared and pulled out prior to ejaculation, as an ineffective show of support for the needs of Black and brown queer trans people.

All should attend and show their support for the rights of gay and transgender minorities, regardless of monetary concern.

There’s little if any meat of the bones of this mindless kerfuffle, which would be an excellent showcase for the progressive candidacies of Echohawk and Oliver, not to mention Gonzalez and Farrell.

Complaining to the HR Department overseen by Mayor Durkan and her fluffy-beaver is of little use and just creates more rancor among the citizenry, who should be squarely behind these minority events and all the progressive political ammunition they portend.

This is reminiscent of President Carter’s boycott of the 1980 Olympics to protest Russian involvement in Afghanistan, which proved nothing and limited the careers of many aspiring world-class athletes.

Let’s keep politics and reverse-discrimination out of these socially progressive gatherings for the good of the whole.

Durkan should have her ass shaved and doused with warm apricot oil, then get a hot Brazilian down at Reboot Spa in the Regrade. This will exponentially improve her powers of guidance and leadership, which have been severely contested and sorely lacking these past few years.

All trade barriers should be forgone, even more so anti-Semitic trade barriers. "ZIM San Diego" should be allowed to conduct business at our port, per usual, without any interruptions, although the needs of union people should be respected and appropriated whenever possible, especially with all these anti-union types like Jeff Bezos, the hairy macaroon lurking about.

Having lived in Texas from 1984-2012, I can't remember a time in my adult life when I didn't know what Juneteenth was. It wasn't an official holiday, but it was marked in most black communities with neighborhood parades and backyard cook-outs.

By the way, even though the holiday is now officially June 19, my understanding of why it was originally called Juneteenth is because people were unsure of the exact date that news of emancipation arrived, just that it was sometime in the "teens" between June 13 and June 19. Therefore, it was simply called Juneteenth.

@18,

No, I have no idea what you're talking about:
"That Take B(l)ack Pride group is as racist and depraved as the Proud Boys"

You think the Proud Boys, a violent, neo-fascist, terrorist organization is exactly the same as someone wanting an investigation of someone else for allegedly pulling out of an event because they were offended for alleged reasons?... (and for the life of me I can't even figure out what happened or who's upset... I read that confusing news item 4 times and it's all allegations and hearsay)

They're nothing alike. One is magnitudes worse than the other but you think they're the same? @15 doesn't have anything to do with that.

@13 -- That makes sense, given that you are from Texas. To quote Wikipedia:

During the American Civil War (1861–1865), emancipation came at different times to various places in the Southern United States. Large celebrations of emancipation, often called Jubilees (recalling the biblical Jubilee in which slaves were freed) occurred on September 22, January 1, July 4, August 1, April 6, and November 1, among other dates. In Texas, emancipation came late: enforced in Texas on June 19, 1865, as the southern rebellion collapsed, emancipation became a well known cause of celebration. While June 19, 1865, was not actually the 'end of slavery' even in Texas (like the Emancipation Proclamation, itself, General Gordon's military order had to be acted upon) and although it has competed with other dates for emancipation's celebration, ordinary African Americans created, preserved, and spread a shared commemoration of slavery's wartime demise across the United States.

The point being that it wasn't universal. There are plenty of black people who weren't aware of it, didn't mention it, or celebrated a different day. That has changed.

@22 -- That was meant for 16. I should also mention that the fact that he lived there during the 80s and 90s (not the 60s and 70s) likely helped as well. Again, to quote Wikipedia:

Since the 1980s and 1990s, the holiday has been more widely celebrated among African-American communities and has seen increasing mainstream attention in the US.