What is Juneteenth, and why is it so important?
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In the most remote corners of the Confederacy, news of slavery's end did not come until more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. On June 19, 1865, General Order No. 3 was delivered to the people of Galveston, Texas, officially freeing the last enslaved people in the United States. The Root explores the history and continued significance of Juneteenth.
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Lauren McAlpine
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Why is it important for the United States to grapple with and face its history of slavery and racism?
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Ashlyn Peruggia
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so they can treat black people as fairly as white people. also to be equal and to put that all lives matter
Xavier Lau
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While the truth in the past is often not as glamorized and squeaky clean as many would like it to be, this history is an important part of people’s lives. Millions of black Americans have in some way felt the shockwaves of the years of prejudice that their ancestors faced, to simply deny or not acknowledge this as a fundamental part of our American history, is both irresponsible and intolerable. Through grappling with this bloodied history, we can hopefully learn from our forefathers’ mistakes, rising above them to create a more perfect Union.
Dan Brown
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If we do not face our past, we cannot grow and create a future free of the errors of history. We must also remember that the white men and women of the 1800s are not the white men and women of the present day; we should avoid framing discussions of racism as "white vs black" and instead situate these discussions properly within the appropriate context.
Денис Бичуков
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I not anderstant , why do people behave like this . Wa all are peaple /=.
Twisha Khurana
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I'm Indian and in India, black and white people are treated equally, so I don't know what to think.
Tracie Perez
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Freedom is such a major part of our country now. If we are afraid or embarrassed to look back at events that have happened we will loose sight of what makes us unique, we won't continue to grow as a nation, and we will possibly become desensitized to injustices that happen here or really anywhere. Taking responsibility for the pain that has been caused is the best start to making sure it doesn't ever happen again!
이지윤 1612
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I think both slavery and racism should be faced by society as an act of ignoring many people who have been harmed if they just let it go because it hurts someone.
Carol Nas
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It is important for the U.S. to grapple with and face its history of slavery and racism because when we know our modern history, we can fight against the discrimination and mistakes of the past. Even more, we can understand the fight for humanity of the non-white people
Ali okaz
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In order to learn that black people art the same as white people, the diffrence is only in the skin color
Ivana Xavier
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It's important for the United States to grapple with and face its history of slavery and racism because a century and a half later June 19 1865 - the day that the last enslaved people in America were freed, we're still seen scenes of black people dying in America because of their color.
It's important for the United States to grapple with and face its history of slavery and racism because black people carry on to fight for equality so that the next generations of black people don't bleed as past generations bled and the current generation continues bleed.
It's important for the United States to grapple with and face its history of slavery and racism because black lives matter.