Yes, Juneteenth Should Be a Work Holiday — but for the Right Reasons

A day off is great, but after 155 years, it’s hard not to see companies as being opportunistic all over again

Tirhakah Love
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5 min readJun 11, 2020

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Annual Juneteenth parade takes new route in West Philadelphia, 2019. Photo: NurPhoto/Getty Images

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Tirhakah Love
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African from Texas• Staff Writer at LEVEL • Black politics, Celebrity interviews, TV & Film Criticism • Previously: MTV News, San Francisco Chronicle