Juneteenth: Reflections on a National Holiday from Jemar Tisby

Pass The Mic

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Christianity, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode of Pass The Mic, Jemar reflects on Juneteenth after it became a national holiday and was officially commemorated nationwide. He talks about why Juneteenth should be a national holiday and the unintended consequences of taking a Black-centered holiday and making it mainstream. He also delves into the history (of course!) as he discusses the actual contents of General Order No. 3 which was read to enslaved Black people in Galveston, TX on June 19, 1865. Finally, Jemar discusses some reasons why Black and white people should commemorate and celebrate Juneteenth in different ways. Even though the holiday has passed, this episode helps shape the narrative of how we should acknowledge Juneteenth as a nation in future years. Links: Why Juneteenth Should Be a National Holiday The Unintended Consequences of Making Juneteenth a National Holiday Why Black and White People Should Commemorate Juneteenth Differently Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Dynamic Voices for a Diverse Church.
0:07.8	This is Past the Mike.
0:12.3	Hey folks, Jermartisbe here coming at you with a special episode of Past the Mike.
0:18.1	On this one, I'm flying solo.
0:19.7	Don't worry, Tyler is not far.
0:21.8	I just got permission from him, dispensation if you will, to record this episode because
0:27.1	I got some things on my mind.
0:29.0	Some things I want to share with you all about Juneteenth.
0:32.9	I know, I know, we're already weeks past it, but here's why I think it's important.
0:38.6	We need to talk about it now, even though in 2021, the day has passed.
0:44.3	It's important to talk about it now because we got to get the narrative right.
0:48.9	We've got to get the narrative around Juneteenth right.
0:52.0	We got to get it tight and we got to do it at the beginning and we got to do it proactively.
0:56.8	So what I want to do is walk through some of the history in a little bit more detail.
1:00.6	Don't worry, it's not going to be too, too much, but just give you a little bit of context
1:04.0	around the significance of this historically.
1:06.7	Then, I want to talk about today, the present time, and what we do now that Juneteenth is
1:13.5	a national holiday.
1:15.3	So, let's get right into it.
1:18.0	A lot of people have been pushing for Juneteenth to become a federal holiday and that happened
1:23.1	on June 17, 2021.
1:26.4	On that day, President Joe Biden with the support of Congress signed into law the Juneteenth
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