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On Friday, Melania Trump shared a video on Twitter commemorating Juneteenth, by reading a children's book about slavery.
The first lady read from the book All Different Now by the author Angela Johnson, which tells the history of the day, which is when slavery was abolished in the state of Texas in 1865. The story is told through the eyes of a child and documents the final days of slavery in the United States. In the three minute video, Melania also recounted her trip to Ghana, where she visited the House of Slaves, the location millions of African's were housed before being taken to the US.
Today we celebrate #Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the U.S. In… https://t.co/AKK2Fxzzng— Melania Trump 45 Archived (@Melania Trump 45 Archived) 1592568001
Although Melania's message was no doubt well-meaning, it backfired on the first lady as she was accused of not reading the room given her previous comments about Barack Obama, who she had claimed was not born in the United States as part of the 'birther' conspiracy theory against the former president.
@FLOTUS Hey guys quiet down the birther is here to lecture us about the importance of Juneteenth.— Brian Tyler Cohen (@Brian Tyler Cohen) 1592582597
@FLOTUS You are a birther Melania, we didn't forget.— Alex Cole (@Alex Cole) 1592577189
Ok, birther. We believe your sincerity. We know you didn't really traffic in the racist birtherism conspiracy theor… https://t.co/Uq5vW2xZVu— Khary Penebaker (@Khary Penebaker) 1592578722
Would that it had been “All Different Now.” “Slavery” ended. But, Jim Crow, Black Codes, Lynchings, the KKK, Dise… https://t.co/8SCc9xg2iF— Star Jones (@Star Jones) 1592577549
How to not read the room: a masterclass. https://t.co/tkhHw9BP1n— Tim Windsor (@Tim Windsor) 1592580550
It was also noted that Melania's message of unity was odd as that she was the only person featured in the video
A great way to send a message of equality, humanity and togetherness is a wide shot in which the only person in the… https://t.co/1yqZlwu8pI— Meredith Blake (@Meredith Blake) 1592579878
Due the tension in race relations in the United States right now, Donald Trump has come under heavy criticism for holding a rally on Saturday night, the day after Juneteenth in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which is the location of a two-day massacre in 1921, where a white mob used aircraft to bombard an area of the city known as Black Wall Street, devastating several black-owned businesses and leaving 36 people dead. It has been called one of the 'single worst acts of racial violence in US history.'
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