{"id":130,"date":"2022-09-02T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackmanwrites.com\/?p=130"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:51:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T13:51:39","slug":"the-4th-or-the-5th-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackmanwrites.com\/?p=130","title":{"rendered":"The 4th Or the 5th?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cI say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<cite>Fredrick Douglas<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BlackFlag.png?resize=640%2C505&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BlackFlag.png?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BlackFlag.png?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Did you ever notice that people rarely say Independence Day but instead opt for \u201cThe 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July\u201d or more condensed, \u201cThe 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u201d? Which ever acknowledgement you choose it is always preceded by Happy\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">On July 5<sup>th<\/sup> Fredrick Douglass delivered a speech in Rochester, New York, (Watch the moving delivery by a few of his young descendants <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NBe5qbnkqoM\">here<\/a>.) entitled \u201cWhat to The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?\u201d The juxtaposition of Juneteenth and July 4<sup>th<\/sup>, now both National holidays, challenges us to examine meaning of celebration. Do and should both holidays be celebrated with the same exuberance? Should Black people celebrate the birth of a nation which excluded us? Should white people celebrate and honor Juneteenth by acknowledging why it is considered our \u201cIndependence Day\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Douglass said, \u201cThe hypocrisy of the nation has been exposed.\u201d One hundred and sixty-nine years ago. To some, the hypocrisy is even more evident today. To some, there was no insurrection\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! 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