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Cringey Juneteenth Banner Goes Viral for All the Wrong Reasons<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Twitter</p> <p>A cringeworthy banner for a <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/skip-corporate-juneteenth-branding-invest-in-black-people">Juneteenth</a> celebration in South Carolina has gone viral for its strange decision to use white models for a Black holiday.</p> <p>Nonprofit organization Juneteenth GVL Inc. has ruffled feathers for its banner advertising its three-day event in Greenville for <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/skip-corporate-juneteenth-branding-invest-in-black-people">Juneteenth</a>, a holiday that celebrates African American emancipation from enslavement.</p> <p>“An upstate celebration of freedom, unity & love,” the banner reads along with contact information and a photo of a white man and white woman smiling for the camera.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/cringey-juneteenth-ad-in-greenville-goes-viral-for-all-the-wrong-reasons">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Twitter

A cringeworthy banner for a Juneteenth celebration in South Carolina has gone viral for its strange decision to use white models for a Black holiday.

Nonprofit organization Juneteenth GVL Inc. has ruffled feathers for its banner advertising its three-day event in Greenville for Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates African American emancipation from enslavement.

“An upstate celebration of freedom, unity & love,” the banner reads along with contact information and a photo of a white man and white woman smiling for the camera.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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