It is a myth that the enslaved Black people in galveston, texas, on June 19, 1865, were the last freed Black people in the u.s., as over 225,000 Black people were still enslaved in both Kentucky and Delaware until December 6, 1865, according to historian, Carl Mack. This information is significant in that the cunning (zionist) white social architects decided there was a better way to oppress, dominate, and exploit the Black masses without abject slavery. Upon hearing that they were free, our ancestors naturally were overwhelmed with many emotions, including jubilation and fear. The following year in 1866, under the umbrella of christianity, the former bondage victims celebrated their (symbolic) freedom at church-centered gatherings. Using hindsight and recognizing the severe shortcomings of non-Afrikan religions, we understand today why our ancestors celebrated Juneteenth. Our people were primarily illiterate, uneducated, and forced to accept the slave monster’s religion. More than 156 years later, and against the backdrop of recent worldwide coverage of heinous white anti-Black murder and oppression, whites have suddenly decided to acknowledge that we were freed from slavery in 1865 by establishing Juneteenth as a national holiday. It is truly astonishing to witness how easy it is for whites to pacify the sleeping Black masses without actually committing to real, sustainable repair for the Black nation.
Since whites have classified Juneteenth as an official federal holiday, the negro masses are beaming with pride and joy. Most of us have never contemplated or even given attention to this day previously. Black TV and radio hosts, preachers, and community personalities nationally are interpreting the u.s. government’s support for this holiday as a sign of racial progress for Black people. It’s difficult to admit and embarrassing, but we really are still very much just as slave-minded as we were in the past. No matter how much we like to pretend that there has been significant Black progress since 1865, we must honestly conclude that we are still slaves. Our brilliant scholar, Dr. Bobby Wright, taught us that everywhere in the world where you find Black people and whites living in close proximity, the whites are always dominating, exploiting, and controlling us.
Now more than ever, Juneteenth will be about cookouts, partying, and shopping than about the Maafa. A slew of drug and alcohol-fueled negro parties have already taken place this weekend all over Black amerikkka. Slave-minded negroes won’t take any time to realize the immense trauma and death we experienced through the Maafa, the greatest holocaust in history. Our white enemy is using this date to con us into a conversation about fake freedom. White folks are thoroughly aware that Juneteenth is not a solution to racism white supremacy.
Black people, among other things, commit spiritual suicide by continuously accepting meaningless tokens from caucasians and believing that we are making race progress. Juneteenth needs to be an observance where all Afrikans reflect on our tortured and murdered ancestors. It should be a time for libation, meditation, and discussions about reparations, the Maafa, and solutions to end racism white supremacy.
Those of us who fight on behalf of Pan- Afrikan (Black) Nationalism thoroughly understand that our people are not free if wicked whites control us in all areas of people activity. However, history teaches us that we can have freedom if we are committed to fight for it. is the oldest national holiday commemorating the emancipation of Afrikans in amerikkka. Since the initial celebration in 1866, Juneteenth has been relatively obscure and confined to the conscious Black community. The masses of u.s citizens, both Black and white, have largely ignored it. However, following the highly publicized lynching of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in minnesota, it was made a federal holiday last year.
Holidays like Juneteenth can be dangerously misleading. The u.s. government made Juneteenth a national holiday for many nefarious reasons. It was mainly federalized to draw worldwide attention away from the large anti-police protests around the u.s. and, at the same time, deceive Black people into thinking that race relations were improving in this country. Juneteenth was also federalized to further cement the lie that Afrikans in amerikkka were freed from bondage following the 13th amendment.
If you understand just a little history, you know why our ancestors celebrated their freedom from enslavement. What's confusing is that over 150 years later, Black people are blindly celebrating a holiday that represents something that has never occurred for amerikkka's Black bondage victims – true emancipation. When we make an honest assessment of our present condition in this country, we will conclude that in every measure of relevant people activity, we are not maximizing our extraordinary Afrikan potential.
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. - Malcolm X
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