クリスティン・デイヴィスさんのインスタグラム写真 - (クリスティン・デイヴィスInstagram)「#Repost @theconsciouskid ・・・ PR Lockhart // “As the Civil War came to a close in 1865, a number of people remained enslaved, especially in remote areas. Word of slavery’s end traveled slowly, and for those who were largely isolated from Union armies, life continued as if freedom did not exist. This was especially the case in Texas, where thousands of enslaved people were not made aware of freedom until June 19, 1865, when Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston and issued an order officially freeing them. Their celebration would serve as the basis of June 19 — or Juneteenth — a holiday celebrating emancipation in the US. In many ways, Juneteenth represents how freedom and justice in the US has always been delayed for Black people. The decades after the end of the war would see a wave of lynching, imprisonment, and Jim Crow laws take root. What followed was the disproportionate impact of mass incarceration, discriminatory housing policies, and a lack of economic investment. And now, as national attention remains focused on acts of police violence and various racial profiling incidents, it is clear that while progress has been made in Black America’s 150 years out of bondage, considerable barriers continue to impede that progress. Those barriers may remain until America truly begins to grapple with its history. We have to acknowledge the ways in which slavery generated massive amounts of wealth for white Americans, and how the narratives used to justify slavery are still connected with narratives that are used to oppress Black Americans today. Unless we acknowledge all of this, we are going to continue to face the consequences of this legacy. Juneteenth is a necessary moment of observation because our government and, to a certain degree, our nation and our culture has not really acknowledged the trauma of 4 million enslaved people and their descendants. It hasn’t acknowledged the impact this institution has had on this country & continues to have on this country. There hasn’t been a national accounting, and the Juneteenth holiday is kind of a reminder of that. And it will continue to be a reminder and a haunting until we do.” (Full Vox arti」6月14日 5時51分