Welcome to the Tweed Trends podcast. Hey, Evette, what's trending today? Hey, I'm Evette, hey girl. And you are tuned in to Tweed Trends.
It's the quickest way to find out what's trending today. Hey guys, and welcome back to Tweed Trends. I honestly have no idea what today is, but I do know that tomorrow is Juneteenth. Let's get started.
Every year as a nation, celebrations across the country highlight the 4th of July, celebrating America's independence from English colonial rule. However, that celebration technically isn't for everyone, because there's another special date out there for African Americans, and that date is June 19th, 1865. Now, honestly, it comes two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed, which was January 1st, 1863. At this time, it was when the Union soldiers made their way to Texas, the very last date that they needed to put the word out, that slaves had in fact been freed by the president.
However, there were many southern plantation owners that fled to Texas because in a sense, Texas was a lawless state. And the Union soldiers, even in some cases, had to storm these plantations and go on there and read the Emancipation Proclamation so that these slaves could know that yes, in fact, they are free to go. Your work here is done. Move on, be fruitful, and prosper.
And so today, with all of the stuff going on around the country about Black Lives Matter and just justice for all, Juneteenth has a new light being a spotlight on it, if you will. And it's amazing that there are some people out there that still don't know much about what Juneteenth is and why it is. And it's heartbreaking to hear people say things, very insensitive things about Juneteenth. And it's like, you know, it's a shame that Black people for so long have had to go along to get along.
And then here is a date. This is a for real thing. This is something that actually happened. And people still want to kind of thumb their nose to it like, yeah, whatever.
So now this is going to be a holiday. But it's actually something to celebrate. You know, I still struggled with the Confederate holidays that came around because what exactly are we celebrating on a Confederate holiday? If you want to go stay home or whatever on a Confederate holiday, sure, the issue with that is the fact, though, that the Confederacy lost.
Where is it that you celebrate the losers so much? And I'd heard something recently where there was somebody saying that that's all the Black people do is celebrate the losers. They celebrate the worst of the worst. And it's like, really?
But you got all these Confederate statues around the country? What is the Black people that are celebrating the losers? Right? So I don't get it.
So the flying of the Confederate flags and everything, heritage, not hate, all of that good stuff, you know, if that's you, do you, Boo? But how is it that you want me to recognize your heritage and you don't feel that it's necessary to recognize mine as well? It's bad enough that when we were taken from Africa, all of our history, like there's a point in history that when I do my research as far as my ancestry, that the buck stops, there's no more information because somebody did not see fit to keep good records on where these people came from. So I can only dream and imagine.
That's why Wakanda was such an awesome place because the majority of us have no idea where we come from. But you know, I somehow managed to get off track. We're talking about Juneteenth here. So I want to highlight some places around that are celebrating Juneteenth and you can get it on the action as well.
I'm going to start with a shout out to my girl Rihanna and her company Fenty Beauty. If you follow them on IG, you may know this already, but if not, go check them out. Because at Fenty Beauty, F-E-N-T-Y, B-E-A-U-T-Y, they have a schedule of events that they will be doing tomorrow on Juneteenth to actually celebrate the day. And I think she has some pretty innovative and cool ways that she is choosing to use her platform to celebrate Juneteenth.
So definitely check them out, spread the word, tell a friend, and check out at Fenty Beauty on IG. Next up, we're going to head over to Twitter and check out academics for Black Lives. That's the hashtag, academics, the number four Black Lives. Or you can check them out directly at academics4bsw, that's at A-C-A-D-E-M-I-C-S-F-O-R-B-S-W.
They have a lineup and theirs isn't just for Juneteenth. Their starts on Friday, June 19th, but it runs every day through Thursday, June 25th. So if you miss it on Friday, guess what? You've got multiple days afterwards to check out the other events that they have scheduled.
So once again, check them out on Twitter. You can find the hashtag, academics, the number four Black Lives, or check them out directly at academics4bsw. All right, well that was today's episode of Tweet Trends. I hope you enjoyed it.
I hope you learned something. And last but not least, I hope you go and check out the little places that I told you about. Yes, head on over to IG and check out Rihanna at Fenty Beauty. Or go over to Twitter and check out at academics4bsw, that's academics4bsw.
But I got one more for you. It's JuneteenthMusicFestival.com and that starts today. Yes, you heard me right today, June 18th. It's a music festival.
It's online. Head over to that website, JuneteenthMusicFestival.com. It starts today at 9 a.m. Mountain Time and runs until 11 p.m.
And it features DJ Jazzy Jeff. So my recommendation, check them out as soon as possible. Put a reminder on your calendar, set an alarm, especially if you're not in the Mountain Time Zone, to make sure that you tune in. Now, granted, you have to go Tweet Event Bright and actually get a ticket, but it's free.
And also one other thing, I need you to send a shout out to me in it as well, because when you go to that Event Bright, they're going to ask you, where did you hear about this? So go ahead and click Other and say that you heard about it on the TweetTrans podcast. Hello, please and thank you. All right, guys.
So once again, enjoy your weekend, enjoy Juneteenth, spread some education, spread some love, and I'll see you back here again on Tuesday.