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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by chickenpotpie on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @08:10PM (#27523251)
Given how much of US history already excludes and edits the experience of black Americans, this would be in bad taste.
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Re:Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a P... by knodi123 on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @12:18PM (#27530239)
I'm not saying "move his birthday and change the history books". Frankly, I think it would be more respectful to move it somewhere else. Since everyone already calls it "MLK Day", there's no reason we can't use it to commemorate one of his achievements other than exiting a birth canal.
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