{"id":464977,"date":"2022-06-18T19:56:06","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T16:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-juneteenth-is-as-important-as-the-fourth-of-july\/"},"modified":"2022-06-18T19:56:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T16:56:06","slug":"why-juneteenth-is-as-important-as-the-fourth-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-juneteenth-is-as-important-as-the-fourth-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Juneteenth is as important as the Fourth of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34d72a710ea\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34d72a710ea\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-juneteenth-is-as-important-as-the-fourth-of-july\/#%E2%80%9CWhy_Juneteenth_is_as_important_as_the_Fourth_of_July%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Why Juneteenth is as important as the Fourth of July&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhy_Juneteenth_is_as_important_as_the_Fourth_of_July%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Why Juneteenth is as important as the Fourth of July&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/author-david-kaufman.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"David Kaufman\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/author-david-kaufman.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/author-david-kaufman.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/author-david-kaufman.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/author-david-kaufman.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/author-david-kaufman.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>At a time when there is so much rewriting of American history, Juneteenth proves why history should be kept intact. <\/p>\n<p>Officially declared a national holiday by Congress last year in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s 2020 murder, the day marks the emancipation of black slaves by President Abraham Lincoln in January 1863. As we prepare to celebrate it for the first time as a nation on Monday, it feels as important as the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p>Right now there is a movement among much of the progressive left to \u201ccancel\u201d our history. Public school murals depicting early-American history have been painted over for presenting \u201cdegrading images\u201d of blacks and Native Americans.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/changing-america\/respect\/equality\/563685-new-bill-would-rename-more-than-1000-us-locations-with\/\"> Over 1,000 public squares, streets and spaces<\/a> associated with slavery, Confederacy or racism are under pressure to be renamed. Major league sports franchises with offensive names have been given entirely new identities. And school <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/teaching-learning\/opinion-how-should-teachers-handle-the-movement-to-rewrite-high-school-history-embrace-it\/2020\/07\">curricula from elementary to university levels are being rewritten<\/a> to prioritize the experiences of marginalized communities, while downplaying narratives centered around whites and men. Without a doubt, we should discuss and debate our history. But erasing the past to undo the ills of the present is a slippery slope that ultimately benefits no one. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/complex-collaboration-step-team.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A dance celebration last summer at the Juneteenth Unity Parade in Louisville, Ky. Although it gained recognition in the wake of George Floyd's murder in 2020, Juneteenth has long been part of African-American culture.\" class=\"wp-image-22688873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/complex-collaboration-step-team.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/complex-collaboration-step-team.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/complex-collaboration-step-team.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A dance celebration last summer at the Juneteenth Unity Parade in Louisville, Ky. Although it gained recognition in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s murder in 2020, Juneteenth has long been part of African-American culture.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/abraham-lincoln.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved African-Americans in January 1863 \u2014 during the height of the Civil War. Two years later, Congress permanently outlawed slavery in the US.\" class=\"wp-image-22688884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/abraham-lincoln.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/abraham-lincoln.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/abraham-lincoln.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/abraham-lincoln.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>President Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved African-Americans in January 1863 \u2014 during the height of the Civil War. Two years later, Congress permanently outlawed slavery in the US.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the face of all this erasure, Juneteenth actually embraces our ugly past and gives all Americans a reason to be proud. The Emancipation Proclamation declared freedom for 3.5 million slaves living in the secessionist South if they could escape their slave masters and the Confederacy (which most could not). Finally, in December 1865, following the North\u2019s Civil War triumph over the South, slavery was declared unconstitutional and permanently eradicated.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/vandalized-christopher-columbus.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A vandalized statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston symbolizes increasing left-wing attacks on long-held historical traditions and beliefs across the nation. \" class=\"wp-image-22688909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/vandalized-christopher-columbus.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/vandalized-christopher-columbus.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/vandalized-christopher-columbus.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A vandalized statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston symbolizes increasing left-wing attacks on long-held historical traditions and beliefs across the nation. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Boston Globe via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/hands-in-chains.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Although the legacies of slavery still impact African-Americans today, Juneteenth demonstrates what happens when America confronts its history \u2014 rather than cancels it.  \" class=\"wp-image-22688927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/hands-in-chains.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/hands-in-chains.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/hands-in-chains.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Although the legacies of slavery still impact African-Americans today, Juneteenth demonstrates what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens when America confronts its history \u2014 rather than cancels it.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What\u2019s more, Juneteenth celebrates America at a time when <em>celebrating being American <\/em>has become a progressive minefield. Thanksgiving has been recast <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2021\/11\/23\/how-native-americans-spend-thanksgiving\/8628270002\/\">as a day of Native American mourning<\/a>. Columbus Day has been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/history\/2019\/10\/14\/here-are-indigenous-people-christopher-columbus-his-men-could-not-annihilate\/\">derided as an event honoring mass genocide<\/a>, with statues of Christopher Columbus himself <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/columbus-statue-defaced-in-north-end\/2140321\/\">defaced and even beheaded. <\/a>Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson \u2014 men who literally forged a nation \u2014 have been recast as little more than slave owners. Even slavery itself has been coopted and politicized by dubious scholarship to position it as the <em>raison d\u2019etre <\/em>for America\u2019s very establishment and existence. The American flag has also taken a beating, with some saying it has come to represent <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/03\/nyregion\/american-flag-politics-polarization.html\">conservative politics<\/a> more than our country as a whole. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/independence-day.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"At a time when both celebrating America \u2013 and celebrating being American \u2013 rankles progressives, Juneteenth marks a milestone that every American can be proud of. \" class=\"wp-image-22688948\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/independence-day.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/independence-day.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/independence-day.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/independence-day.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/independence-day.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>At a time when both celebrating America \u2013 <em>and celebrating being American<\/em> \u2013 rankles progressives, Juneteenth marks a milestone that every American can be proud of. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While there is truth to some of these grievances, the left\u2019s extreme positions leave no room for complexity, nuance and often historical fact. And this tide of anti-Americanism has been damaging to our nation: In 2001, 87% said they were <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/351791\/american-pride-ticks-last-year-record-low.aspx\">very or extremely proud to be American<\/a>; 69% say that now.<\/p>\n<p>But Juneteenth, with its championing of American history rather than the simple cancellation of it, could help change this. It shows that, just as slavery is an indelible part of our nation\u2019s past, so too is our commitment to reckoning with it. My children will grow up in a nation where Congress has codified the importance of African-American freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Juneteenth is proof that America can make a right out of a historical wrong \u2014 even as there still remains work to do.<\/p>\n<p>Much like our nation\u2019s Independence Day, it signifies liberty and our ever continuing path toward creating \u201ca more perfect Union,\u201d just as our Declaration of Independence states.\u00a0Nothing is more meaningful than that. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>dkaufman@nypost.com<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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