re: Jason Whitlock gives his opinion on what Juneteenth is about.

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Jason Whitlock caters to a certain group of people for clicks.

I listened from the 11:00 mark and what he is saying is absolute BS. Juneteenth was celebrated when I was a little kid and I'm 49 years old now (plus I grew up in Louisiana). Trust me.. if you grew up in the black church you recognized and celebrated Juneteenth. No there weren't big parades everywhere etc but it wasn't something that was taught and acknowledged.

I saw the comments Candace Owens made about Juneteenth. She's a really sad individual. But I'm not mad at her. As long as people like her, Jason Whitlock and Rachel Dolezal (or any other apologist on both sides of the coin) can say odd ball comments, get some attention and make a few dollars off of it they will continue to exist.

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Must be a TX/LA/AR thing, never heard of in MO. Jason said he never heard of anyone celebrating Juneteenth outside of TX until George Floyd was killed.....sounds about right. Something I didn't know until recently was Memorial Day was the original celebration for the end of the Civil War and the end of slavery so I'm not sure why Memorial Day isn't part of the celebration for the end of slavery? That would make sense to me.