Prominent Black voices on social media have reacted to the news of the Senate vote, but many feel as though there are more important matters that need to be addressed.
We didn’t ask for a Juneteenth to be observed as a national holiday, we wanted an end to police violence.Twitter user @MajorPhilebrity said:"The humor of America making Juneteenth a national holiday when they're banning people from teaching about it in schools is not lost on me"
Lawmakers in Michigan, Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, Arizona, Kentucky, Utah, and New Hampshire are also debating bans on critical race theory.
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