I’m black, from Midwest and didn’t know Juneteenth was a thing until about 3 years ago. Seeing all the corporate emails and social media posts about it today makes it feel more like a reaction and not genuine recognition of the history of the day.

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It’s so forced. But hey we have made progress so don’t take it for granted. If anything, if they haven’t done so already. Advocate for it to be a paid holiday. 4th of July is cancelled! This is our holiday, and the recognition will allow our history to be heard more than ever.

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Hey I want both lol.

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You only heard about it 3 years ago so imagine how many of the majority had not? Of course it’s a reaction. What exactly were they supposed to do with new info to them?

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Agreed. It's all about keeping up with making the larger society aware of these things we've been dealing with since day 1 and maintaining pressure to change.

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Yeah I don't think the thing to focus on is the existence or lack of ingenuity on these efforts RIGHT NOW. It's a win that it's being recognized at all. We can't "police", for lack of a better term, whether these corporate actions are genuine at this point. Down the road, maybe, but only with metric-based indicators.

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It felt like more of a “check the box”. Agree education and recognition is a start, and it’s way more than this topic has ever gotten, but there is a lot more work to be done than just sending out mass emails

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