Black folks' Happy Birthday song a la Stevie Wonder
But back to Juneteenth--
Apparently, the man in the White House thinks that he made Juneteenth 'very famous'. You see, his team had originally planned one of Trump's alt-right rallies, I mean, re-election campaign dos for June 19th, the day when Black folk celebrate Juneteenth. Public outcry forced his camp to then postpone the rally by one day. Trump also went on to claim that 'nobody had ever heard of' the holiday which actually just means that he had never heard of it. I don't know if 'The Donald' could be any more of a rube.
Everything Mr. Projection says is about himself. He calls someone a name--it's true about him. He accuses someone of a crime--he surely committed it. I decoded the code a while back.
ReplyDeleteI, too, have heard of Juneteenth before. I couldn't tell you when. Not in school. But yeah, I heard of it before. And I, too, don't need a reward for this.
-definitely not in school!
DeleteWhen I think of him, I think of the C word. I am not proud of it, but I just cannot contain my admiration.
ReplyDeleteThe c-word, the f-word, the b-word...all the bad words come to mind, really.
DeleteHappy Juneteenth! Hope you enjoy the day. The Nacho Man is the worst. I think 2020 is our karma for making that butthole president.
ReplyDeleteDude. Seriously.
DeleteJuneteenth was a new concept to me and I cringed at teh Orange buffoon trying to co-opt it to his purposes. I have seen him congratulating himself (yet again). He scares me and I am very, very angry at those who enable him rather than calling him out.
ReplyDeleteHis supporters/enablers baffle me.
DeleteI've known Junteenth for some time, but I don't remember where or when. I just thought it was pretty cool. I have other meaningful words in my vocabulary too, like the thirty third of August. That one is far more personal.
ReplyDeleteThe 33rd, you say? Enquiring minds...
DeleteI was just reading about the Tulsa race massacre in our local paper. Just shocking - I had not heard of it before. Another news item today was on our National Radio and it was a very interesting interview with J. Scott Thomson about the Camden, New Jersey police. Your Leader scares me as well.
ReplyDeleteNo one I know learned about the Tulsa race massacre in school. I first learned of it from watching a contemporary television show!
DeleteI only learned about Juneteenth about a year ago and it was thanks to the internet that I became better informed!
ReplyDeleteSometimes the internet is a good, educational tool. :)
DeleteThe problem with Mr T is that he speaks wisdom to those who support him.
ReplyDeleteHis rallies seem to be attended by cultists. I don't think myself to be remarkable in anyway, but I can't seem to find anything about Mr. T compelling.
DeleteI can't tell you the amount of times I've placed this track at my gigs.
ReplyDeleteGood, old Stevie Wonder! When it's sung as a Birthday song here, the bit about MLK is largely omitted, I've noticed.
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