spankygrrl

Thank you, Andrea! I appreciate your response and that’s a perfect way to observe the day.

Thank you for opening a dialogue and I apologize for the section of Reddit users that is downvoting you; please ignore them because what you’re doing is super important and your patience is out of this world. ❤️

Something that comes up for me every year at Juneteenth is wanting to acknowledge the immensity of meaning and importance of the day, but not knowing if it’s appropriate to acknowledge or how.

It feels wrong for me, a white person, to be celebratory given the history. But on the other hand, it’s a very significant day worthy of celebration and I feel it’s wrong to let it pass without any acknowledgement.

I’m aware that it’s not my holiday and I’m 1000% cool with that, so if the answer is to kindly be quiet, that is totally fine! I just want to do the right thing and be respectful, in any case. Is Juneteenth something that white allies should acknowledge?

Thanks! ☺️