Emancipation Day celebrations, such as Juneteenth, were designed to force Black people to pay reparations to slave owners and maintain white property rule, while also allowing for the continuation of racial policing and discriminatory laws.
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Emancipation Day celebrations, such as Juneteenth, were designed to force Black people to pay reparations to slave owners and maintain white property rule, while also allowing for the continuation of racial policing and discriminatory laws.