William Joyce
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http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/12/win_for_kwanzaa.php
Doesn't this violate separation of church and state?
Doesn't this violate separation of church and state?
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http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/12/win_for_kwanzaa.php
Doesn't this violate separation of church and state?
http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/12/win_for_kwanzaa.php
Doesn't this violate separation of church and state?
kwanzaa is a celebration of african culture, not african religion.
kwanzaa is a celebration of african culture, not african religion.
And if whites wished to celebrate their culture?
Hint: it would be called a Klan revival.
And if whites wished to celebrate their culture?
Hint: it would be called a Klan revival.
African Blacks have no common links other than skin color, You think there are a few nations in Europe, there are a LOT more tribes and clans in Africa and most like to KILL each other.
If American Blacks are similar just because of skin color ( and nope slavery doesn't count it was done and over 150 years ago) then I guess American whites can celebrate something just because of skin color ( ohh and there are numerous "white" American groups that were slaves as well) And of course where is that National Chinese holiday they were abused after slavery passed.
But most African Americans don't kill each other because one was from Ghana and the other Zimbabwe, or whatever. Many have found cultural commonalities (and I've always found culture and history to be heavily intertwined, so it doesn't really matter whether something happened 150 years ago, or 300 years ago). America traces it's culture back to the pilgrim fathers every Thanksgiving. Should that not matter because it was so long ago?
Many African Americans have found some common cultural ground that they celebrate. Surely there's nothing wrong with that just as there shouldn't be anything wrong with whites celebrating some common point of cultural significance.
Go ahead, create a "white" Celebration and see what that gets you. The first thing will be being labeled a racist, a bigot and a supremest. From there it is ALL down hill.
I don't have any problem with Kawanza, but the Government should NOT be paying for it, non religious or not. Well unless the majority of the VOTERS actually vote to pay for it. The celebration meets the definition of racist itself, it is a black only celebration designed and intended JUST for blacks.
I wonder who pays for all of the citiy services that get gobbled up each year in NYC for the St. Patrick's Day parade?
I'd imagine that it's chalked up as an expense for the promotion of tourism and commerce.
I'm not sure what culture whites (as an ethnic group) have. I don't view myself as having that much in common with the French or Germans other than geographic proximity. Ask a Scot or Irishman what he has in common with an Englishman and I suspect you'd have to wait for the laughter to end before you get an answer.
It's an interesting point you raise however. My avatar is the St. George's Cross - the national flag of England. By some people, this is viewed as religiously associated imagery, possibly because of historical links with Christianity and the Crusades of the 12th and 13th centuries. Others view it as aggressively nationalistic or racist, pehaps due to its adoption by football (soccer) fans and the hooligan baggage that that carries, or its use by the British National Party. It has also been - surprise, surprise - associated with the KKK.
To me, it's a celebration of my heritage, to others a symbol of intolerance or persecution.
In America, I guess the two primary celebrations of American heritage are Independence Day and Thanksgiving. But these are more about the heritage of the country than the heritage of Americans who happen to be white. As white Americans come from pretty much all over the place, I wonder what common link they have, other that their American-ness.
As white Americans come from pretty much all over the place, I wonder what common link they have, other that their American-ness.
A genetic core.
How uninspiring.