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San Luis Obispo Juneteenth celebration canceled, NAACP president suspended

June 4, 2025

By KAREN VELIE

The Juneteenth celebration in San Luis Obispo has been canceled amid issues with a former president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Juneteenth is a federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.

“We understand the significance of this event for our community and the anticipation surrounding it,” the NAACP posted on its website. “However, we have made the difficult decision to cancel all Juneteenth activities planned by the SLO branch.”

 


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Gee. Too bad! Now we can celebrate Title 9 month!


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I celebrate Juneteenth as a Republican Victory.


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Absolutely it is, and the Plantation Party remains resentful to this very day.


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Fake “holiday”, made up by racist elements to enhance the divide, and encouraged by leftists.


Did slavery end on June 19 1862 (look closely at the year) when Congress passed the abolishment of slavery in the “territories”? No. Because that law could not include the Southern states, nor the “compromise” territories.


Did Lincoln free ALL the black slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation on ? No. That only disallowed the Northern states from continuing the rotten practice.


Did American slavery end April 9th 1865, at Appomattox Courthouse when Lee surrendered? No. That just the end of the shooting war.


Was slavery ended with the 13th Amendment signed in December 1865? No. That freed slaves belonging to citizens of the USA. It did NOT free Black slaves from sovereign native tribes.


Was it ended in 1866, with the treaty between the Union and Southern slave owning sovereign native tribes to free their black slaves? No. Why? Because the Civil War had yet to be officially declared over, which came later in that year.


Finally though, slavery was officially, legally, and thoroughly done away with on July 9 1868, with the ratification of the 14th Amendment, giving Blacks full citizenship of the US.


“Juneteenth” 1865 (check that year again!) is the date when Union troops entered Galveston Texas, and announced the war had ended over a month prior, and the Emancipation Proclamation had freed the slaves 2 years ago. So, logically you could have a wonderful celebration in Galveston, but June 19 had less than zero effect on the rest of the country….that already knew.


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All the hallmarks of embezzlement.


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Just like the past executive of GALA. Sticky fingers


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Some of what Arnold said is fair. I’ll be celebrating Juneteenth regardless of what SLO gov does; they are NOT the end all be all, and certainly not a guide for living.


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I had to read the announcement 18 times, but I found no reference to SLO gov, nor whether they guide ones mode of living, or not.


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Go read Arnold Schwarzenegger recent comments about whining. Just once is fine btw.


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The body-builder? Lol.


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The same Arnold, who although claimed to be a Republican governor, while legislating as any hard core Democrat, restricted and infringed on our Constitutional rights? The same Arnold, who knocked up the maid, and denied it for decades (and Lord knows how many other women)? The Arnold that borrowed the state into $35 billion debt? Arnold, who, while at Fort Irwin to allegedly salute the California troops heading for war in Iraq…instead shook hands and graciously sent off Washington State Soldiers (yeah, I was there)?


And now, Arnold’s whining about Trump…doing Republican Trump things?


Which, again, has less than zero relation to the article above.


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