Don't Let the Left Ruin Juneteenth's True Meaning

Kevin Roberts-Commentary : Jun 18, 2024
The Daily Signal

...It's a day of building up our country, not tearing it down. We have an opportunity to reject racial divisions and the revisionist history of the ivory tower...

[DailySignal.com] This Wednesday, America will celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday for the fourth time. Yet the holiday, born out of bipartisanship, is becoming more divisive each year. (Image: iStock-lakshmiprasad S)

The Left has co-opted Juneteenth to push for radical racial policies such as reparations and exclude most Americans from its celebration. As a result, many conservatives now oppose the federal holiday.

But in the eyes of this Texas historian, it's a mistake to abandon a unifying national holiday to the manipulations of the Left. We should instead do what conservatives are best at: Get back to the roots... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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Kevin Roberts, Ph.D., is president of The Heritage Foundation and Heritage Action for America.