Just one year ago, President Joe Biden declared Juneteenth a federal holiday. Now, the cultural gaffes, largely driven by commercialization, are aplenty and apologies are flying with no end in sight.
Arkansas got the “I’m sorries” started in April when some of its citizens pitched a Juneteenth Soul Food Festival and Market, showcasing three prominent white people from the business community, on a poster recommending that the community save the date. It turned out that all the food hosts were wh...