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🗓️ 5 July 2021
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Dulcé Sloan digs into the history of July 4th, including Frederick Douglass's callout of its hypocrisy and the racist restrictions put on Black Americans' celebrations after the Civil War.
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0:00.0 | You're listening to Comedy Central. |
0:03.0 | I've never seen this song before. |
0:23.0 | So why not make an independent Star in UFC? |
0:27.1 | How do I change things? |
0:32.4 | located relationship with the Fourth of July. |
0:34.6 | You know because about the slavery and segregation |
0:38.0 | and redlining and police brutality, |
0:40.5 | and Megan the stallion not getting their respect she deserves. |
0:43.9 | And I get that. |
0:45.1 | But did you know that there was a time |
0:46.7 | when July 4th was a very black holiday? |
0:49.7 | In fact, there was a time when America thought |
0:52.4 | black people celebrated July 4th a little too much. |
0:55.6 | Here's the story. |
0:56.4 | Before the Civil War, Independence Day |
0:58.6 | was a day for white people to celebrate |
1:00.7 | by perending around town and getting wasted on cheap foods. |
1:04.6 | It was basically a Patriots game for the original Patriots. |
1:08.5 | But for the growing anti-slavery movement, |
1:11.6 | July 4th was a shameful day that represented America's hypocrisy |
1:16.7 | because how you're going to celebrate freedom |
1:18.9 | when you're chaining up millions of people. |
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