Celebrating and Honoring Juneteenth

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🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis apologizes for its Juneteenth-“inspired” watermelon salad and Dulcé Sloan explains exactly what Juneteenth is, why it's celebrated, and how it should be commemorated. Also, Roy Wood Jr. highlights stories of slaves who were able to escape from servitude and Pharrell Williams discusses his efforts towards making Juneteenth a national holiday via juneteenthpledge.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.0	Because Juneteenth is now a federal holiday, more people are celebrating than ever before.
0:43.8	The only problem is not everyone knows the best way to celebrate.
0:48.9	Walmart is under fire for selling Juneteenth products that some people say are tone
0:53.2	deaf and insensitive.
0:54.9	The products have been lambasted by many online after pictures of Juneteenth ice cream
0:59.4	and party supplies surfaced.
1:01.2	The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is apologizing after backlash to a Juneteenth inspired
1:07.3	food item in its cafeteria.
1:10.2	Museum offered the Juneteenth watermelon salad.
1:13.1	The museum released a statement saying in part, as a museum, we apologize and acknowledge
1:18.0	the negative impact that stereotypes have on communities of color.
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