Colin Sheridan: Where's all the fuss about Juneteenth?

Colin Sheridan: Where's all the fuss about Juneteenth?

Brian Tyree Henry as Alfred 'Paper Boi' Miles, and Donald Glover as Earnest 'Earn' Marks in Atlanta.

“This spooky thing called slavery happened and my entire ethnic identity was erased.” Earn, (played by Donald Glover), Juneteenth, Atlanta

We’ve all been there. That party you don’t want to go to, but one of you feel you must. The tension in the car on the way there. The whisper fight on the walk up the drive when the penny drops the wine you brought is screw-top, not cork. The forced smiles as the doors open, and the sudden confirmation when your host greets you that you were right all along; you don’t belong. These are not your people. You want to go home already, but you can’t. You need to find the bar.

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