Cali professor says Juneteenth should be ‘reparations day’ for white folks, tells them to skip festivities

If you’re white, and you were planning on attending a federally-mandated “Juneteenth” BBQ cookout this weekend…well, you can forget it, because you’re not welcome.

At least that’s according to Melina Abdullah, professor of Pan-African studies at California State University Los Angeles (where else?), who issued a tweet/diktat in which she declared that white folks are most assuredly not welcome at any Juneteenth cookouts that may be in the offing. It should also be observed that Abdullah’s tweets carry the same authority reserved for Papal encyclicals and Islamic fatwas, and therefore must not be disobeyed.

“Attention white people…,” Abdullah wrote on Monday. “Please don’t ask if you can come to the cookout… #Juneteenth is freedom day for Black folks. It should be #Reparations day for white folks.”

And with that summary declaration, Abdullah unilaterally dashed the tentative hopes of millions of white people across the country. Juneteenth, for those who don’t know, falls on June 19, and last year was declared a federal holiday by “Put Y’all Back in Chains” Biden.

Melina Abdullah is no stranger to the limelight. It was only just last month that she was booted from the Los Angeles mayoral debate for making a scene, and she’s made something of a name for herself calling everyone from Larry Elder to Elon Musk an irredeemable racist.

Meanwhile, Abdullah’s tasteless and unsolicited tweet received some much-deserved backlash.

“That’s extremely racist,” one person responded. To which Abdullah shot back: “1. Define racism. 2. Why do you think that?”

Someone else replied: “OK. 1. a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usu. involving the idea that one’s own race is superior. 2. a policy, system of government, etc., based on such a doctrine.” Abdullah apparently had no rejoinder.

But the decree promulgated by Abdullah, who describes herself in her Twitter bio as a “#BlackLivesMatter organizer,” doesn’t seem to be the last word on the matter. According to podcaster and writer Touré, Abdullah’s take on the matter is completely wrongheaded.

“Juneteenth isn’t just for Black people,” he tweeted on Wednesday. “If you believe slavery was wrong then you should celebrate the end of slavery.”

“Here’s why white people should be part of Juneteenth celebrations—because white people should be acknowledging that slavery happened,” he added. “Many of them would love to not do that. It’s valuable for us to have them acknowledge it and see it as something that still impacts us today.

“Slavery isn’t Black history. It’s American history. If we restrict it to Black history and restrict Juneteenth to Black people then we allow white people to escape having to think about it.”

Honestly, nothing about this seems remotely enjoyable. Better just to wait until the Fourth of July.

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67 thoughts on “Cali professor says Juneteenth should be ‘reparations day’ for white folks, tells them to skip festivities

  1. This Notion is Stupid. What about Immigrants that are of Caucasian or European Descent. I come from a Native American Background as my father and forefathers are Native American Apache, I am White and have no shame in it as my mother and Grandmother immigrated to the states from europe after WW2 being of British and Itallian Bloods. What this Article is arguing for is that “White People” People who are of European or White Skinned should pay reparations for slavery. This will never happen as not all people of pure or partial European or Caucasian ancestry had ancestors who were in america at the time. Many White Americans are of recent or new origin whose ancestors came to the states within the past 100 years. So i as a descendant of the Native Americans and of British and Italian Immigrants who came here in the 1950s-1970s should pay reparations to those who are descendants of slaves because im white? My ancestors in the 1860s and before were living a nomadic life in southern colorado and northern new mexico they were Apache, my ancestors were living in the british isles in Scotland and Wales and England. My Ancestors were in Naples and Sicily living under the Kingdom of Two Sicilies and eventually a reunited Italy. So Even Though i have no connection to Slavery nor did my ancestors own slaves because they were Apache Warriors and my maternal ancestors who are white were still in europe until the 1950s-1970s. I should pay reparations? I dont think so and i never will besides a lot of white and black people are mutts, meaning you all have intermixed bloods. So what about Black People whose ancestors were “White Slave Owners” Or White People whose ancestors were “Enslaved Black People” The Situation is more complicated then most people expect. Also Mixed Race People like me what about someone whose half white and half black or majority white but still a quarter black vice versa. Because they have white partial or majority white ancestry should they pay reparations? No as that would be stupid. You guys need to Embrace the Idea that humans Regardless of Race or the color of their skin are Evil Creatures and can do fucked up and inhumane things to benefit themselves. Thier is also Good in these creatures we call Human Beings. Hopefully People can learn to understand and Unite under our Star spangled banner and live together as Brothers and Sisters, Where anyone regardless of their skin color, ethnic or national origin or race, can live together in harmony and peacefully. That is what Martin Luther King Wanted and one day america will be a land of Mutts and we can put stuff like this in the trash bin of stupid ideas as in the far future no one will be just white or black we will all be one mixed blood mutt race. Learn to Love Each Other Not Hate Each Other.

  2. I celebrate Robert E Lee’s birthday on MLK day … I’ll celebrate Father’s Day on “Juneteenth” … if “they” don’t want everyone to celebrate the holidays then we can have our own … 🍺

  3. Since some want “reparations” to be given to blacks for slavery, should we also have “counter-reparations” for all of the crimes committed by blacks?

  4. Just another moron who doesn’t even know that white men fought and died to free the
    black man…………..including our very white President Lincoln. Someone needs to fire this loser. WE paid reparations with the blood and fortunes lost by white union soldiers and their families.

  5. “Juneteenth” is just another phony day and any interest in reparations should have been considered at least one hundred years ago.

  6. She completely discounts the fact that hundreds of thousands of men fought and died in the Civil war to end slavery. She also forgets that within 20 years of the formation of this country, the slave trade was banned. She also forgets that most white people today never had an ancestor who owned slaves. Many were not even in this country before 1900. No one alive today was ever a slave. Many of our white ancestors were slaves themselves. She and today’ blacks deserve nothing. Gosh, she forgets a lot! Or is she just badly educated.

  7. Actually the very first slave in America was OWNED BY A BLACK MAN! And he was the one that essentially legalized slavery in America. Until that point only indentured servitude was recognized, but he sued to have that person made into a permanent slave. So go put the dollar bill from your left pocket into your right one. Reparation paid.

  8. FU all slavery isn’t only American history it’s world history America didn’t create slavery slavery was a well running machine before America came into existence so F off

    1. America led the world in abolishing slavery. Too many black people want something for nothing.

  9. I’m all for reparations for all of us who have paid taxes so the welfare kings and queens could sit on their duffs and do no more than reproduce willy nilly with the only consequence is that they get more welfare. I wonder how many trillions have been wasted on those who don’t produce anything while getting the money I worked for.

  10. “It should be #Reparations day for white folks.”

    Does she mean that it should be the day that white folks are paid reparations for having to suffer from and put up with all of this racist and leftist BS? If so, I agree entirely. $200,000 should just about take care of it. I prefer cash.

  11. Reparations… no the correct term is redistribution. That is what this is all about… confiscation of property and other forms of wealth from those who have worked hard all their lives to earn it and redistributed to those who have not. it has NOTHING to do about skin color. Either you are a parasite or the host.

  12. Sorry Melina, we are going to collect every white body we can find in the hopes that we can out number blacks at the festivities three or four to one. You see, this is our country as much as it is yours. Get over it.

  13. I’m sorry, but you due no reparations, neither am I for what happened to some of my ancestors during hitter’s reign of terror. In fact other ancestors fought for the north to get rid of slavery! That was then, this is now. You have never been a slave and I have never been a slave owner! I owe you nothing! And no, I am NOT racist,I don’t give a fig what color anyones skin is!

  14. Dear Black people…..you were never a slave….you can’t name 1 actual slave… It’s 2022… Whites today have had 0 to do with slavery….. Your own people enslaved you.
    Your excuses to hate are old news. Your laziness is why you fail, not whites. Btw….GFY and your weak ass Juneteenth made up B.S.
    Sincerely,
    White people.
    Oh, fyi your only 12% keep pushing and see how fast that could be reduced to nothing. Simple facts.

  15. No problem. Now head to Tijuana for your festivities, perform the donkey show as usual and I’ll pass on your nonsense all around. Areba, Andalay! I’m now sad.

  16. Every plantation owner who kept slaves owes those slaves reparations. Oh…wait…. Every one of those plantation owners and every one of their slaves is now DEAD…. Well…problem solved…ya-think…?!?!?

  17. Ms Abdullah , do you really believe I would waste my day hanging with a bunch of pikers, who have lived off the dole, received attendance certificates, comport themselves like animals, and continue to bite the hands that feed them? You should thank your lucky stars every day, that there are woke idiots that will kiss your formidable ass and allow you to have a job you’re not qualified for.

  18. Aww gee. Not invited. You have convinced me that segregation is the only way to go.

  19. Funny these liberals of all colors who constantly preach diversity, tolerance and acceptance and play the race card any time anyone goes against their rhetoric. When push comes to show more so than not these days are the ones who are undiverse, intolerant and the real Racists.

  20. Melina Abdullah go straight back to Africa where you came from. If it weren’t for our white great grandfathers fighting for the emancipation proclamation, you black folk would still be on the democrats plantation in the cotton fields, and as domestic help. We must be compensated first for lost of life. Melina Abdullah take up your tent and trek back to the Congo. There’s no room for you here. Out of money to support you, too.

  21. I will have a barbecue on Sunday just because it is Sunday. I have no interest in celebrating a stupid word and do not need permission to eat whatever I want. I have no desire to put myself in a position to be surrounded by racist terrorist sanctioned by democrats. I have never owned a slave, so I do not feel the urge to donate to the lazy criminals and I do not feel guilty for not wanting to.

  22. She can kiss my pale ass. No one in my family ever owned slaves and she can pay reparations to all those white folks who died to free her great great great grandfathers ass from slavery (if he didn’t just emigrate from Somalia a generation ago).

  23. To honor his hatred of us whites, let`s stop paying all taxes that fund the California state universities.

  24. I’m going to celebrate white day, which is everyday. Party on my fellow Americans.

  25. I agree with the professor. Leave the festivities for just black people to attend, so they can keep on killing each other like they usually do.

  26. No self respecting white person would attend such a ridiculous manufactured holiday function, just like no person with their head screwed on straight would attend a gay pride parade.

    These racists act as though the U.S was the only place slavery happened and fail to blame the Europeans who established colonial economies based on slavery that America inherited from the Revolutionary War. The Dutch were the most prolific slave traders of all…why arent they hated? The slave economy was there before the U.S.A., the states that refused to abolish it for the declaration of independence and constitution had no alternate forms of production at the time…everything they did was slavery based.

    The framers were genius though, and created a system of amendments to the constitution that could evolve over time, and thats exactly what it did with the 13th amendment less than 100 years later AFTER a bloody civil war which killed far more white people to free the slaves than black people.

    We need another civil war to free us of the totalitarian communists that have infested everything in the system. All of us are becoming enslaved.

    1. AND, what about the so called “Native Americans” (imports from Eastern Europe and Asia,) who took as slaves members of opposing tribes, that they were warring with?

      USA, BLESS GOD AGAIN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

      GOD BLESS THE USA ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

      Barry Age 77
      PO1 USN RET
      Vietnam 3x (Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club)

      #F J B #L G B

  27. OK. I will avoid any Celebrations of this make believe Juneteenth holiday. This year, I’ll be celebrating Father’s Day, which most Blacks apparently don’t.

  28. Well , I didn’t think about it in racial terms until seeing this article , but I put on a bunch of ham hocks & black eyed peas a bit ago .

    Does that count as sufficient penance ?

  29. No worries. I wouldn’t attend a BBQ celebrating a make believe holiday. Your reparations were paid with the blood of the white soldiers who fought and died for your freedom. Instead of being grateful, you just spew hate. Since you dislike white people, why don’t you find a country more to your liking to live in? A one way ticket out of here is what you need.

    1. There were black soldiers in the civil war, so they died for these racist blacks to proclaim everything they do not agree with as racist, sit home and collect money just because of skin color. These are the types of people who LOOK DOWN on the people of color who break away from the culture. Those who want to make it on their own, become successful at something. Those people, such as Condoleeza Rice, Candace Owens, Tim Scott, many not in politics, working to provide a living and keep the family together are looked down on by their racist blacks. These are called “acting white” for trying to be successful.

  30. They refuse to acknowledge the white men who shed their blood and died to secure the slaves’ freedom, and the Republican president who wrote the Emancipation of Proclamation and enforced it. No one has been a slave or a slave owner since 1865. Not every black person is descended from slaves. Most white people’s ancestors didn’t own slaves. No one deserves reparations. Stop using the past to excuse your failures. If you really want reparations, contact the Africans who sold your ancestors into slavery.

  31. Nice to know that Union Army general Gordan Grainger would not be allowed to attend Junteenth. Of course he is only the White General who proclaimed the end of slavery on that “celebrated date”.
    Racism is racism……even if promoted by Biden.

  32. Hahahaha. It will be a cold day in Hades before some schmuck tells me what to do. First, the LGBTQ community apprpriated the rainbow from the bible. God created the rainbow and had specific intentions as to its symbolism. Secondly, BLM and other persons-of-color organizations appropriated June as a reason to celebrate Juneteenth, the most ridiculous made-up word I’ve heard in ages. It’s my birth month, high school and college graduates’ month to celebrate, many weddings are done in June, it’s the start of summer vacation for students, the first day of summer falls in June, the summer equinox falls in June…there are tons of special occasions in June, so this slug needs to sit down and shut his pie hole.

    And this Sunday there will be millions of Americans of every race, color, religion, gender, culture, political affiliation, and socio-economic status firing up the grill in celebration of Fathers’ Day. So don’t get all pompous on us by trying to say who should or shouldn’t BBQ this weekend or any weekend. We are still free in this country.

  33. Never had any intention of having anything to do with this stupid “holiday”. Were it not for white folks fighting a civil war you would still be toiling in the fields.

    1. And if not for white guys during WWII their grand/great grandparents would have been gased (problem solved).

  34. Juneteenth Day, of hell, i am already decided to not recognize this as a legitimate holiday. Don’t worry, most white folks like my self thinks it is just another example of Biden’s divide and destroy strategy, so we all beg off this pathetic holiday.

  35. What they are really saying is, keep giving us money, Section 8 housing, medical care, food, paid utilities and other benefits but stay away. “YOU need to be working to pay for all of this and besides you are not welcome.” How’s THAT for being racist?

  36. wow what about us natives ? boy what a coolaid drinking dumbdonkey go brandon

  37. I think the vast majority of white people are skipping the “celebration” due to the possibility of getting shot at one of these “celebrations”.

  38. Pretty much every person I know will be working that day. The few whose employers are honoring the day off will be celebrating their whiteness at home or out with their legally married male/female/gender specific child(ren) nuclear family.

  39. There will be more mass shootings this weekend due to the # of BBQs held. And Monday will have the left screaming gun control. I think it will be a good time to stay home and stay safe.

  40. In between my job and celebrating Father’s Day, I don;t wanna go to your BBQ anyway!

  41. One thing wrong with your order, Honey…you’re in California which wasn’t a state during the Civil War!!

  42. Who fought and died to allow them their freedom ? Now they demand reparations from the descendents of that same group. Collect reparations from those who captured and sold your ancestors into slavery. In many African nations it is still happening.

  43. if we ever pay reparations for slavery,then before each check is issued,50% should be set aside for the families of Union soldiers who fought to release the slaves.Fair is Fair

  44. How about this ugly , black POS ” organize ” a one way trip back to Africa for all her followers After all, the Black slave traders in Africa started this whole slavery business.. selling their own people.. Don’t believe me ? Watch the Candace Owens video on the origins of slavery !
    BUT , don’t want facts to stand in the way of the ” hands out for free shit ” attitude that has become the majority of black Americans way of life !
    Realism, not racism !
    Had enough yet America ?

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