Whose Freedom Are We Celebrating?

Essence Magazine:

By Olayemi Olurin ·Updated July 4, 2023

The relationship America has with Black people and freedom is worth interrogating on the annual celebration of its independence. We should be asking ourselves not only what independence and freedom mean to us, but whose freedom are we truly celebrating. We’ll likely find that it’s not our own. 

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