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I don't know what to say to a black person for Juneteenth do you say happy Juneteenth
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@sun May The June be Teenth you
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@maija yes
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@sun do people actually celebrate that
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@hakui @maija @sun on the right we celebrate goonteenth
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@maija @sun only the left's pets
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@sun @maija I don't know if there's any customary greeting. Some out-of-state relatives celebrated it always, but the California branch of the family didn't even hear of it until the early 2000s when a local paper covered the celebration. I was recently told there's even a traditional menu for Juneteenth celebrations.
(No, it isn't "invented" any more than any other holiday or celebration, but I definitely understand the resistance to suddenly having it implemented in non-traditional areas of the country. After all, people try to impose Kwanzaa, claiming it is "our heritage" ... but it was created during my lifetime, so it isn't _my_ heritage in any way.)