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Position:Home>History> Why do Black People celebrate July 4th since it unjustly let them out?Question: Why do Black People celebrate July 4th since it unjustly let them out!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: probably for the same reason a lot of other people celebrate it, because it is an excuse to party, and fireworks are always coolWww@QuestionHome@Com i dont see why black people shouldnt celebrate the 4th of july, thats like saying all of us who have ancestors from germany shouldnt celebrate either because our ancestors were not born in the americas, and that the only people who should celebrate it are the native americans, who didnt want the independence from englans in the first place!.!.!. before we came, they were already their own nationWww@QuestionHome@Com Are you claiming that black people in this country are still British subjects!? That's a pretty racist view to take!. Look at it this way, if not for the Declaration of Independence we wouldn't have the possibility that a black man will be our next president!. In England, what are the chances that the next King or Queen will be black!?Www@QuestionHome@Com I'm sorry - I don't understand the question!.!.!. Black Americans are AMERICAN!. Are you saying they're always whining because 300 years ago - some of them were enslaved - and therefore - they didn't become "free" on the day we celebrate our independence!? If so!.!.!. that's a misguided thing to say!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Black people celebrate MANY holidays becuase there have been many great aceivments in our history!. also 4th of July is the best time to have a bbq or cookout and that is something important to our cultureWww@QuestionHome@Com Let them out!? Of what!? July 4th is Independence Day, the day America declared independence from Great Britain!. It has nothing to do with being black!.Www@QuestionHome@Com So do you think only Caucasian people should celebrate iit!. Because even hispanic, asain,ect celebrate itt Www@QuestionHome@Com It's America's birthday, which is disconnected from the subject of slavery altogether!. Come on!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Just another reason to eat fried chicken, corn on the cob and watermellon!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |