マイケル・フランティさんのインスタグラム写真 - (マイケル・フランティInstagram)「Hey y'all. I wrote an Op-Ed in @SpinMag about Juneteenth that I hope you take a moment to read today. Here's an excerpt, and the full article is in the link in my bio:⁣ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⁣ "Juneteenth historically has been a series of days, the ‘teen’ days of June, when we celebrate the end of slavery. It commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union Gen. Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas that all previously enslaved people in Texas were free ⁠— even though the Emancipation Proclamation had formally freed them almost two-and-a-half years earlier.⁣ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⁣ On Dec. 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It abolished slavery in the United States and said that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” So, although we celebrate an end to slavery, the 13th Amendment still allows for those convicted as “criminals” to be used as slaves. After the amendment was adopted, 4.5 million slaves were freed and the South lost their entire unpaid labor source. Suddenly there was a great need for labor, and a series of laws were put in place in America to “criminalize” Black people in order to legally use them as unpaid labor under the guidelines of the 13th and to prevent African-Americans from voting.⁣ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⁣ Jim Crow Laws, Red Lining (housing discrimination), school segregation, gerrymandering voting districts, not allowing convicted felons to vote, the War on Drugs, the 1994 Crime Bill and the policing to enforce all of these laws and policies have led to generations of discrimination, mass incarceration and police brutality. For a deeper understanding, watch Ava DuVernay’s 2016 Academy Award-nominated documentary 13th.⁣ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⁣ Sadly, many Americans outside of the African-American community hadn’t heard of this holiday until recently, nor have ever celebrated it, or have an understanding of the laws that were passed when slavery ended to keep Black people systematically oppressed in America...." [Link in bio to full article]⁣ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⁣ #Juneteenth #SpinMag #OpEd」6月20日 1時42分