06-19-2023, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted By stevebec⏩
Sure, but it could be a collective day to celebrate it. However, then what is MLK Jr Bday really for? Also celebrating civil rights? Seems a bit much to do both.It's not the end of slavery. It's the end of slavery in GALVESTON, TX. The Emancipation Proclamation explicitly only applied to the Confederacy. Slavery still existed in Union states like Delaware.
Also, decrease taxes if we’re giving gov’t employees days off.
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06-19-2023, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted By roosky11⏩
Its a federal holiday, some of us got the day off. Chill bro free holiday lolUh no, it literally has no significance to anyone who isn't Black or African American. Nobody benefits from this extra day off "professionally" except for that group of people. Kids are already out of school anyways.
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Black or African American alone, percent(a) 13.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) 1.3%
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Stopping the country for 13% of the population.
Race and Hispanic Origin
White alone, percent 75.8%
Black or African American alone, percent(a) 13.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) 1.3%
Asian alone, percent(a) 6.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a) 0.3%
Two or More Races, percent 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b) 18.9%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent 59.3%
Stopping the country for 13% of the population.
06-19-2023, 07:59 PM
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06-19-2023, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted By ShakeBrah⏩
I couldn't care less about it. But you're absofukingloutely right about the name. Who came up with that silly chit for a name of a holiday?Tbh I have no major issue with it. Celebrating the end of slavery is cool with me. But I’ve got 2 major issues with it:
1. It seems to have became a thing recently just to appease the radical bullchit of late
2. The fukking name is absolutely retarded. Couldn’t come up with an appropriate name???
1. It seems to have became a thing recently just to appease the radical bullchit of late
2. The fukking name is absolutely retarded. Couldn’t come up with an appropriate name???
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