Juneteenth Is Not for Everyone

“It seems like we as a country have yet to figure out what it means to celebrate Black people.”

Renee Nishawn Scott
ZORA
Published in
3 min readJun 15, 2021

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Like many Black folks, I am perpetually exhausted by seeing the unexciting trend of a White person doing things that Black folks do every day and getting applause, clout, and cookout invitations for paying attention to Black culture. More egregious…

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Renee Nishawn Scott
ZORA
Writer for

Renee is a PhD Student researching Black girlhood at the University of Maryland. You can find her tweeting @_nishawn