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5:43Now PlayingCharlie Kirk Hated Juneteenth Because Black People Got a Holiday
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5:43Now PlayingCharlie Kirk Hated Juneteenth Because Black People Got a Holiday
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On Juneteenth, Hawk reflects on the significance of the day, noting it was never covered in K through 12 education or even through a law degree, and was widely misunderstood for years as simply a regional celebration rather than the historically significant date it represents.
The video centers on a resurfaced clip of Charlie Kirk recorded a few years earlier, in which Kirk argued against Juneteenth being recognized as a federal holiday while driving to work. Hawk points out that Kirk was self-employed and not compelled by any employer to work that day, arguing this undercuts any claim that his objection was about workplace policy rather than the holiday's connection to Black history.
Hawk also addresses Kirk's final public remarks, made in response to a question about gun violence shortly before he was shot and killed, in which Kirk raised the issue of whether to count gang violence in shooting statistics. Hawk frames this as consistent with a broader pattern of rhetoric throughout Kirk's public career.
The video closes with Hawk's reflection on why Juneteenth deserves recognition and why confronting uncomfortable history, including public figures' own words, matters in how that history gets remembered.
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