Juneteenth
I am sharing this information here, because although our Apple calendars now include Juneteenth as a recognized holiday, it is not yet, a nationally recognized holiday.
Four states, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota (I love you, you will always be home, and your politics devastate me.) and Hawaii, have yet to recognize it.
The US Senate passed a resolution to recognize this holiday last year, but the House has yet to approve it.
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States.
President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.
This executive order was not enforced in the state of Texas until June 19, 1865.
That is two and a half years late.
This is a day that should be celebrated.
And I can’t help but to recognize the significance of this holiday occurring in the midst of national racial reckoning, and the civil rights movement of our lifetimes.
Where being Black in America is STILL dangerous, and deadly. Where Black humans are oppressed, continually. Where capitalism and racism and white supremacy have disallowed Black humans from realizing the American dream.
Most everyone I’m talking to right now is learning more about racism, is getting involved in one way or another, be it by protesting or reading or talking to their white peers about how to move forward.
Even after the Black Lives Matter protests, we need to stay in this fight.
BLM is a movement with no expiration date.
Black lives are precious.
Black lives are essential.
Black lives are valuable.
Black lives deserve more than 8:46 of your time. Everyday.
Black Lives Matter.
Why am I posting this? Because most of my followers hold white privilege.
Because I was not educated about Juneteenth. And didn’t know anything about it until the holiday showed up on my calendar and I did some research. And because diet culture is a byproduct of racism and is a powerful political relaxant.
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If we weren’t preoccupied with our bodies conforming to a shape established as ideal by diet culture standards, imagine what we could do.
Anti-racism work is anti-diet work.
Here for it.
Follow #juneteenth with me.
