black lives
Jun
18
2021
A four-panel JUNETEENTH ETIQUETTE strip follows Bob (white) and Shaun (Black). Bob starts three sentences with Happy uh and never finishes. Shaun wonders why a white-privileged person would wish him happy Juneteenth. Both end with Thank God Its Friday -- Jones maps the social distance the holiday still has to bridge.
Jun
18
2021
A Black man marches with a JUNETEENTH National Holiday flag under ONE STEP FORWARD while CRT bans and VOTER SUPPRESSION LAWS signs rise behind him under TWO CENTURIES BACK. Margulies captures the 2021 contradiction: federal holiday recognition did not slow the backlash.
Jun
17
2021
A teacher points to a Critical Race Theory board while a student raises the obvious question: If it is about teaching historic truths, then why is it called Theory? Parsons ran this piece the week Juneteenth became a federal holiday, as Republican states were banning CRT from classrooms.
