"Many Palestinian Christians are unable to celebrate Easter this year, as Israel’s bombardment of Gaza continues.
"Gaza’s Christian community of less than 1,000 people is facing threats of extinction. Palestinian Christian pastor Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac shares his message for the world about the plight of Palestinians this Easter." from AJ Plus, 31/Mar/2024:
On June 19, 1865, Union Army General Gordon Granger stood on a balcony in Galveston, Texas and read aloud General Order No. 3, informing the state's enslaved people that President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation meant they were free.
In the years since, Juneteenth has become an opportunity to remember all those who lived and died under the horrific system of slavery, honor everyone who helped end it, and celebrate the people and contributions of the African American community.
It's more important than ever before that we all take some time to mark Juneteenth and reflect on the legacy of slavery in our country's history. We see markers of white supremacy around us every day. It's marching in our streets with torches and signs bearing hate speech, detaining innocent families in camps at the border, and enshrining prejudice in our laws by suppressing the votes of people of color. It's saying that it'll make America great again; great again for whom has always been clear from the context.
So many Americans believe in racial justice, in equality, in our differences not just making us stronger but defining what it means to be American.
Let's celebrate our victories and our black communities as we keep working for a more perfect union. Happy Juneteenth.
It's so obvious that it was rigged towards Sweden. A previous winner (trying to bank off nostalgia) with an generic pop song (Normie bait), the jury giving them an obscene amount of votes and then constantly going on about ABBA's 50 year anniversary of them winning (very convenient for marketing).
6K notes ·
View notes
Statistics
We looked inside some of the posts by
emveepea
and here's what we found interesting.