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“There’s a direct tie in in terms of self-reliance, self-independence from an economic standpoint, and that’s exactly what we’re doing,” Harris said. “This is a tremendous time and we’re taking our ancestors with us and we’re going to be looking to use Juneteenth as a solution and tool and an inspiration towards the full entrepreneurial, enterprise liberation and empowerment of black business.
When Juneteenth ice cream and Juneteenth shirts bearing white models were produced by corporations, Black academics and historians decried the commodification of what is an emotional holiday for Black Americans. The question of commodification isn’t so much whether it should happen at all, it’s whether it can happen responsibly, people who talked toSanders said it’s up to Black people to make sure the day isn’t “defiled” by beingsales and parties. The history and the “why” are vital, especially as some discussions about Black history are being curtailed in classrooms, he said.
“There have been a couple of unfortunate attempts at commercialization that have been called out. But it’s inevitable that this will happen to some degree,” she wrote. “I’m hoping, however, we will be able to keep the meaning of the holiday alive despite that. I think the advantage we have is that Black Texans have been celebrating this since 1865, and we have created a template for how to do it.
“And so here we are, again, almost 70 years after the Civil Rights Movement seeking our economic plight.”To fix these issues locally, Sanders was on a mayoral task force designed to identify gaps in Black/white education and opportunity in Fort Worth and set plans to address them.
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