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A woman decorates her car with a sign during a car parade to mark Juneteenth on June 19 in Inglewood, Calif.
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Few would question the value of commemorating Juneteenth as a day of racial reckoning and reconciliation. Turning it into a state holiday, as a City Council resolution suggests, reveals the complexities of officially sanctioned paid days off.
The state calendar already has 14 holidays, and a new one on June 19 would follow closely on Kamehameha Day (June 10). Perhaps the holiday to give up in exchange would be Good Friday, a strictly religious observance that lacks the secular trappings of Christmas.