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Wanda Sykes Shares Powerful Blackish Juneteenth Clip That Still Hits Hard

After the Blackish Juneteenth episode aired, it was forever etched in the mind of the actors and producers. Wanda Sykes reposted this...

Wanda Sykes reposted this musical rendition from the ABC sitcom because it shared a bit of history of the holiday in an educational yet painfully related manner. In the days following the show’s first intro into the scene, it was a satirical song clip explaining how enslaved people in Texas were not really freed until June 19, 1865- two years after the actual Emancipation Proclamation. The dulcet tones of a defiant voice broke through the jubilation: “black folks get a government holiday when they got freed [but] Lincoln still killed native people.” And that ended the discussion with not a single response… What would anyone say to that?

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