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Have to give. for me as a texan, i think it is fantastic we actually celebrate something that was so momentous, so historical because, honestly, people might not be comfortable accepting that racism isn't solved yet, but let me tell you one thing. as a brown woman living in the united states, oh, it is not comfortable when i experience it. >> yeah. >> so i mean to me, like this is something that we have to deal with. i think that this is a step in the right place, you know, but, honestly, hey, man, i hope it doesn't become a holiday where we sell mattresses at a discount or what have you and t...

Money. that is their favorite color. >> briefly, alonzo, you mentioned your father is from honduras. do you personally identify as afro-latino? do you personally identify more as african-american? how do you see yourself? >> i haven't even made it to african-american. i will go with black, i will be honest with you. >> right. okay. >> all joking aside, as i said, i identify as african-american or black because it is how i was raised culturally, and totally i think it is just a different time. he came to the united states in the late '30s, the early '40s, and that time people definitely assimil...

From washington is mad about juneteenth, then i'm like, all right, that's a good thing. we are headed the right way. >> i feel like a juneteenth white sale is like a key-and-peel sketch that never got shot. i just feel -- oh, i don't know. because now i have to do the rest of this segment and not write that sketch in my head as i'm talking to you because that's the way my brain works. >> i'm sorry i planted that. >> see, it is -- my job gets harder and harder. philip, i do take alonzo's point in terms of the politics of this and sort of elevating the positive. >> right. >> what is your sense o...

Right, that's a good thing. we are headed the right way. >> i feel like a juneteenth white sale is like a key and peele sketch that never got shot. i just feel -- oh, i don't know. because now i have to do the rest of this segment and not write that sketch in my head as i'm talking to you because that's the way my brain works. >> i'm sorry i planted that. >> see, my job gets harder and harder. philip, i do take alonzo's point in terms of the politics of this and sort of elevating the positive. what is your sense of the politics behind this move? this wasn't instantaneous in the scheme of thing...

Celebrate juneteenth. >> wait, that's what juneteenth is? >> we don't celebrate the end of slavery but you wake us up early on cyber monday? you are a bad black person. >> oh, happy juneteenth. oh, where is craig. >> happy freedom day! welcome. >> alonzo, what do you make of juneteenth getting federal recognition now? >> first, let me say thanks for having me on this show. it is pronounced boden. >> i'm sorry. i'm a bad black person. i'm sorry. go ahead. >> we can't have black versus black on juneteenth. >> not today. >> we will just jump over it. the jokes they did on the show, that's the pro...