Melvin Carter III, Mayor of Saint Paul: Those celebrations, those acknowledgements have been an important part of my story. They’re an important part of who I’ve become. The ability to have those moments where
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we as a community teach ourselves a story, like Juneteenth. Teach ourselves a story, like how our old Rondo community was uprooted or the Tulsa Massacre. Those types of history that are so important to understanding where we are today and the challenges that our community faces right now. The ability for us to carry that history for ourselves is absolutely critical. It always has been and it will continue to be, even as we see Juneteenth to become a federal holiday. Just saying, “We’re gonna put this marker on the calendar” does not erase all of those social and economic and cultural ills that our community still faces.
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Amanda Green, Twin Cities PBS Employee and Arts Enthusiast: The celebrations that we have, it provides a sense of security in so many ways that I think we don’t even understand and know that we do have a
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community. We are loved, we are cared for and there are high hopes for us, for our future. When we celebrate together, there’s a closeness, there’s a known- ness, there’s an awareness, there’s a connectedness that cannot be denied.
For more on Black joy and celebrations, watch Trial & Tribulation on RacismUnveiled.org.
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This story is part of the Racism Unveiled digital storytelling project with generous funding from the Otto Bremer Trust, HealthPartners and the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
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