Ep 229 | Scrap Juneteenth — Celebrate the Rebirth of America, Not the Death of George Floyd

Fearless with Jason Whitlock

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Sports, News, Sports News, Politics

4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Last year, President Joe Biden made Juneteenth the newest federal holiday. The day is said to commemorate slaves in Texas hearing the news of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and of their impending freedom on June 19, 1865. Let’s set aside the fact that the 13th Amendment wasn’t ratified until December 1865 and slavery was not officially banned in President Biden’s home state of Delaware until 1901. June 19, 2020, was the first time that many Americans heard the word Juneteenth, but it wasn’t in connection with freed slaves from a century and a half ago. It was a part of the protests following the death of George Floyd. Jason believes the connection to Floyd is problematic. “I suspect most people don’t fully comprehend or get Juneteenth. It’s a national holiday because of the death of George Floyd, not because our political leaders had a sincere interest in celebrating the emancipation of slaves in Texas or across the South.” Jason has an alternative to the polarizing, over-politicized holiday. “Fearless” contributor Delano Squires shares his thoughts and discusses the problem with the colors red, green, and black being associated with Juneteenth. "Fearless" soldier Dave Shannon answers the question of whether America will ever accept the holiday as a legitimate one. Plus, Shemeka Michelle has some words for Joy Reid. Today's Sponsor: Two FREE 18-ounce Prime, center cut Ribeyes?! What are you waiting for? Get it by using my code, “FEARLESS”, or by visiting https://GoodRanchers.com/FEARLESS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happy Monday and welcome. Welcome to Fearless with Jason Whitlock. I am Jason Whitlock here.
0:23.6	I'm a great host. Awesome, awesome to have you here on this holiday Monday. Happy June
0:31.6	Team to those of you celebrating June Team. We made it through the weekend and we're back
0:38.5	for a tremendous week of work and discussion and conversation. Fantastic show playing
0:45.7	for you today. Delano Squires will be here. Shemika Michelle will be here and so will Dave
0:52.1	Shannon and we'll be having a discussion today about June Team. And so let's get right into
1:01.0	the fire so we don't have to delay Delano's appearance. I know you guys are excited about that.
1:07.3	As am I, Delano's written a column as well. We'll talk about that. He's kind of combined the
1:12.2	whole June Team thing with the LGBT thing and Eric Adams. We'll get into that but let me first
1:18.6	get the fire started and then we'll get Delano with fan to flames. So I spent a lot of time this weekend
1:25.9	contemplating June Team our newest federal holiday. I first heard of it in 1985 when a college
1:34.6	football team made from Texas chastised a group of us for being unaware of the celebration.
1:41.1	He explained the history of it to us as a boy from Indiana. I understood his appreciation for Texas
1:49.3	history but didn't think it applied to me or my family. I never celebrated June Team. I never
1:56.7	gave it much thought. I've lived in Indiana, South Carolina, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, California
2:03.9	and now Tennessee. No one in any of those states ever invited me to a June Team party. I suspect
2:12.5	most people don't fully comprehend or get June Team. It's a national holiday because of the death
2:19.4	of George Floyd not because our political leaders had a sincere interest in celebrating the
2:25.5	emancipation of slaves in Texas or across the South. This weekend the New York Times ran an op-ed
2:34.3	from Casey Gerald an author and native of Texas. Take a look at this. Listen to this. Here's his
2:42.5	opening paragraph. This is a guy from Texas. I won't pretend June 10th has always meant a lot to me.
2:50.7	I was born in Texas as were my parents and most of my kin all the way back to at least the 19th
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