It is Juneteenth. I feel it is pretty important to remind everyone that the Juneteenth flag colors are Red, White and Blue ON PURPOSE.
The corporate marketing that uses only African Freedom and Pan-African Liberation colors feels like erasure.
So let's talk about Black African diaspora flags
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”Juneteenth Has Always Been About Black Liberation” by Kaitlyn Greenidge for Harper’s Bazaar.
An oral history, as told by members of the Winston-Salem Chapter of The Black Panther Party.
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
learning spanish as a teenager was revolutionary for me bc it was the first time i found out the trans-atlantic trade didn't only impact the US, but also central and south america
it opened a whole world of understanding for me & i'm happy the World Cup is bringing that to a generation of americans
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It’s Juneteenth, if you have the day off as a non-Black person in the US you owe a Black person money, educate yourself and others why you have the day off.