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On Juneteenth

On Juneteenth

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Robert Jones, Jr.
Jun 19, 2022
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A colorful painting featuring scores of Black people huddled together, faceless. One person wears a star-spangled covering while another wears a red and white striped covering, together resembling the American flag.
Art by Synthia Saint James

It is almost a reflex, after so many centuries of brainwashing, for a Black person to feel gratitude for any semblance of humane treatment from other human beings. “Black,” as a racial category, is, after all, a hegemonic European creation designed to forever separate the darker skinned peoples of the African diaspora from the …

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