A survey by YouGov found that 44 percent of American adults have decided not to partake in Independence Day celebrations this year.
Among the 44 percent is 18-year-old Malaya Tapp. Tapp grew up loving Independence day and spending time with her family. Now, she is planning to skip the event altogether.
In 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement revealed the many injustices in America. Seeing this, Malaya has said that she had “lost a lot of my patriotic feelings.”
Marissa Vivori, a tech product manager in Manhattan, admitted that she never loved the holiday. She remembered that even as a child she felt bad for the animals during the fireworks. This year, she is going to be staying in Italy and Britain, as the Fourth of July in New York City is difficult.
“You’re either in Manhattan, and it’s super-hot, and you are figuring out where you are watching the fireworks. Or you are trying to leave to go to the Jersey Shore or the Hamptons, and it’s a fortune and overcrowded”, Vivori stated.
“The food is always sitting out in the sun, and it’s hot, and you are getting scared by random fireworks in the street, and it just doesn’t turn out how you want it to be”, Allison Bartella, a publicist in Brooklyn said.
This year, Bartella has decided to go to a bar on the Lower East Side instead of partaking in holiday activities.
Tapp understands that refusing to celebrate the Fourth of July is hard for a lot of people, so she put out a video on Instagram and TikTok, expressing that if you don’t want to celebrate Independence day, you don’t have to.
“It’s very much a controversial holiday now. We all have to decide for ourselves if we want to celebrate”, Tapp said, explaining why she created the video.
Among the 44 percent is 18-year-old Malaya Tapp. Tapp grew up loving Independence day and spending time with her family. Now, she is planning to skip the event altogether.
In 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement revealed the many injustices in America. Seeing this, Malaya has said that she had “lost a lot of my patriotic feelings.”
Marissa Vivori, a tech product manager in Manhattan, admitted that she never loved the holiday. She remembered that even as a child she felt bad for the animals during the fireworks. This year, she is going to be staying in Italy and Britain, as the Fourth of July in New York City is difficult.
“You’re either in Manhattan, and it’s super-hot, and you are figuring out where you are watching the fireworks. Or you are trying to leave to go to the Jersey Shore or the Hamptons, and it’s a fortune and overcrowded”, Vivori stated.
“The food is always sitting out in the sun, and it’s hot, and you are getting scared by random fireworks in the street, and it just doesn’t turn out how you want it to be”, Allison Bartella, a publicist in Brooklyn said.
This year, Bartella has decided to go to a bar on the Lower East Side instead of partaking in holiday activities.
Tapp understands that refusing to celebrate the Fourth of July is hard for a lot of people, so she put out a video on Instagram and TikTok, expressing that if you don’t want to celebrate Independence day, you don’t have to.
“It’s very much a controversial holiday now. We all have to decide for ourselves if we want to celebrate”, Tapp said, explaining why she created the video.