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wanderingthunderstorm:

wanderingthunderstorm:

beemovieerotica:

US federal employees will no longer be observing:

  • MLK day
  • Black history month
  • Women’s history month
  • Holocaust Day of Remembrance
  • API heritage month
  • Pride
  • Juneteenth
  • Women’s equality day
  • Hispanic heritage month
  • Disability awareness month
  • Native American heritage month

they’ve also shut down all affinity/resource/networking groups for minorities

Tumblr does not GODDAMN want me to post this with links, but on god I am going to do it

Link to original source (Ken Klippenstein’s twitter):

https://x.com/kenklippenstein/status/1884623315911823747?mx=2


Link to Associated Press article about it:

https://apnews.com/article/trump-holiday-mlk-day-pride-black-hispanic-dei-047bbdbfc12ea6e9a9731f5861d84e70


So. At least two of these are federal holidays BY LAW:

MLK Day: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-97/pdf/STATUTE-97-Pg917.pdf

Juneteenth Day:

Text - S.475 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Juneteenth National Independence Day Act


HOWEVER. What that actually MEANS is that federal government employees get that day, or a makeup day, off.

It does NOT mean that the federal government is required to hold any kind of celebration for said holiday:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/6103


So what this appears to be to me, is an attempt to kill off the meaning behind these holidays; later they can change the law without much pushback.


However.


I would give it at least a week before you panic or fall into hopelessness, because:

  1. THIS IS STILL BREAKING NEWS AS OF TODAY, 30 JANUARY 2025. Nobody has had time to react to this properly; effective organization takes TIME.
  2. Many organizations are pushing back against Trump’s executive orders and keeping them tied up in the courts. I’m sure someone will pick this one up as well.
  3. You can still celebrate these holidays in your personal life, and in fact you should! DON’T OBEY IN ADVANCE
  4. This executive order doesn’t impact STATE government entities, since celebration of the holiday would be up to the laws governing their state. However, I would not be surprised if some states follow suit, and cancel celebrations where allowed by the laws of their state. So see what your laws are in your state, and see if you can support or attend a celebration from your state!