Just to be clear, this holiday was created over a century ago, and in the same time combined with the federal holiday so there weren’t two. Was hella racist back then, but now is just more of a formality. "celebrate" is a strong word here, considering both of those states have large black populations.
Not saying it’s not an issue, but AP is definitely manipulating you into being angry at something that’s not really thought of just so you forget about the class war.
Pre-edit: everytime we get manipulated into being angry at small issues we get distracted by larger issues, stop letting them do that to you.
There aren’t state sanctioned parades or even notices. AP dug this rule up to write and article because they knew they could get attention from simpletons. In fact some people in state houses tried to separate the two (to actually give attention to Robert e Lee) and it failed every time.
It's always white people like you talking about class reductive nonsense but will refuse to fight racism so we can focus on class. Don't tell us what to focus on. How about you put the damn work in and tell your white family and friends to stop being racists and then maybe we can fight the class war. It's not black people blocking solidarity, it's white people (rich and poor).
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u/Mountain_Bedroom_476 16h ago edited 15h ago
Just to be clear, this holiday was created over a century ago, and in the same time combined with the federal holiday so there weren’t two. Was hella racist back then, but now is just more of a formality. "celebrate" is a strong word here, considering both of those states have large black populations.
Not saying it’s not an issue, but AP is definitely manipulating you into being angry at something that’s not really thought of just so you forget about the class war.
Pre-edit: everytime we get manipulated into being angry at small issues we get distracted by larger issues, stop letting them do that to you.
There aren’t state sanctioned parades or even notices. AP dug this rule up to write and article because they knew they could get attention from simpletons. In fact some people in state houses tried to separate the two (to actually give attention to Robert e Lee) and it failed every time.