I think the reason I'm holding off on writing "Happy Juneteenth" is the feeling, the knowledge that if George Floyd was alive today, and nothing had been burned down, and so on, I don't think I would have noticed it or had it brought to my attention. And that feels . . . bad. It feels bad to stand up and start talking about a holiday that I only sorta remember from year to year. It's not my holiday, I know that. It's not for me, nor should it be, and I don't want to pretend that it is.
Which isn't to say that Juneteenth isn't an important holiday, or even that it shouldn't be a national holiday, as many people are proposing. Just that my personal connection to it, at this moment, is tenuous at best, and I'm discomforted by my fellow white people who may or may not be pretending otherwise
@MoMartin This is a good take, but you shouldn't feel bad about yourself for not knowing about #Juneteenth before now.
