H a p p y k w a n z a !

[tinydancer]

I wish blacks knew this son of a bitch personally took out out the original panthers. Crap they don't even know their own history.

I hate this bastard.

 

[tinydancer]

Oh boy, the wingnuts are getting desperate. Kwanzaa? Who gives a shit?

Because the bastard who started this fake holiday took out the original panthers. I hate the man.

 

[BDBoop]

Merry Christmas, TD.

 

[tinydancer]

One old white lady knows more about you than you do.

Karenga. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that son of a bitch.

 

[tinydancer]

Merry Christmas, TD.

He's born. Merry Christmas.

 

[Kondor3]

With apologies in advance to any of our Black colleagues who actually celebrate Kwanzaa or believe it means something...

I've always thought of it as "Yuletide Envy" on the part of a handful, determined to invent something different than the White Folks Holiday for Black Folk to celebrate...

Maybe in a few hundred years it will mean something...

Or it will be an obscure footnote in history, which seems more likely...

But that really doesn't affect me, one way or another... it doesn't exist in my world.

Still... for anyone who actually does celebrate it... Happy Kwanzaa...

And, of course...

A very Merry Christmas!

 

[Publius1787]

With apologies in advance to any of our Black colleagues who actually celebrate Kwanzaa or believe it means something...

I've always thought of it as "Yuletide Envy" on the part of a handful, determined to invent something different than the White Folks Holiday for Black Folk to celebrate...

Maybe in a few hundred years it will mean something...

Or it will be an obscure footnote in history, which seems more likely...

But that really doesn't affect me, one way or another... it doesn't exist in my world.

Still... for anyone who actually does celebrate it... Happy Kwanzaa...

And, of course...

A very Merry Christmas!

Yuletide Envy? How about common sense criticism of a fake culture/heritage

Kwanzaa - Discover the Networks

Kwanzaa is a week-long festival celebrated mainly in the U.S. from December 26 through January 1 each year. It was established in 1966 by the socialist and black nationalist Maulana Karenga, who promoted the holiday as a black alternative to Christmas. Karenga's idea was to celebrate the end of what he considered the Christmas-season exploitation of African Americans.

According to the official Kwanzaa website, the celebration was originally designed to foster "conditions that would enhance the revolutionary social change for the masses of Black Americans," and to provide a "reassessment, reclaiming, recommitment, remembrance, retrieval, resumption, resurrection and rejuvenation of those principles (Way of Life) utilized by Black Americans' ancestors."

Karenga postulated seven major principles to be emphasized during Kwanzaa, identifying each by its Swahili name:
•Unity (Umoja)
•Self-Determination (Kujichaguila)
•Collective Work and Responsibility (Ujima)
•Cooperative Economics (Ujamaa)
•Purpose (Nia)
•Creativity (Kuumba)
•Faith (Imani)

Ironically, these seven principles as a whole mirror precisely the principles that were embraced by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a pro-Marxist, revolutionary terrorist group of the 1970s.

The symbol most identified with Kwanzaa consists of seven colored candles placed in a menorah-like candelabrum. These candles borrow their color scheme from Marcus Garvey’s old black nationalist ensign. The lone black candle represents the so-called “black race.” The three red candles evoke images of socialist realism with bloody red banners waving to rally the oppressed for the overthrow of the established order. And the three green candles are meant to recall the splendor of Africa's landscapes.

When Karenga first established Kwanzaa, he and his votaries also crafted a flag of black nationalism and a pledge: "We pledge allegiance to the red, black, and green, our flag, the symbol of our eternal struggle, and to the land we must obtain; one nation of black people, with one G-d of us all, totally united in the struggle, for black love, black freedom, and black self-determination."

The philosophy underlying Kwanzaa is known as Kawaida, a variation of classical Marxism that also includes enmity toward white people. Practitioners of Kawaida believe that one's racial identity "determines life conditions, life chances, and self-understanding" -- just as Marxists identify class as the determining factor of one's life conditions.

The name "Kwanzaa" derives from the Swahili term "matunda yakwanza," or "first fruit," and the festival's trappings, as noted above, all have Swahili names. But Swahili is an East African language, whereas the slaves who were brought to North America came from West Africa. In other words, Swahili has no historical relevance whatsoever for American blacks. Karenga nonetheless elected to build his holiday around Swahili terms because Swahili was the trendy language in the Black Power movement during the 1960s.

 

[Pogo]

Man. ^^

 

[WelfareQueen]

With apologies in advance to any of our Black colleagues who actually celebrate Kwanzaa or believe it means something...

I've always thought of it as "Yuletide Envy" on the part of a handful, determined to invent something different than the White Folks Holiday for Black Folk to celebrate...

Maybe in a few hundred years it will mean something...

Or it will be an obscure footnote in history, which seems more likely...

But that really doesn't affect me, one way or another... it doesn't exist in my world.

Still... for anyone who actually does celebrate it... Happy Kwanzaa...

And, of course...

A very Merry Christmas!

Yuletide Envy? How about common sense criticism of a fake culture/heritage

Kwanzaa - Discover the Networks

Kwanzaa is a week-long festival celebrated mainly in the U.S. from December 26 through January 1 each year. It was established in 1966 by the socialist and black nationalist Maulana Karenga, who promoted the holiday as a black alternative to Christmas. Karenga's idea was to celebrate the end of what he considered the Christmas-season exploitation of African Americans.

According to the official Kwanzaa website, the celebration was originally designed to foster "conditions that would enhance the revolutionary social change for the masses of Black Americans," and to provide a "reassessment, reclaiming, recommitment, remembrance, retrieval, resumption, resurrection and rejuvenation of those principles (Way of Life) utilized by Black Americans' ancestors."

Karenga postulated seven major principles to be emphasized during Kwanzaa, identifying each by its Swahili name:
•Unity (Umoja)
•Self-Determination (Kujichaguila)
•Collective Work and Responsibility (Ujima)
•Cooperative Economics (Ujamaa)
•Purpose (Nia)
•Creativity (Kuumba)
•Faith (Imani)

Ironically, these seven principles as a whole mirror precisely the principles that were embraced by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a pro-Marxist, revolutionary terrorist group of the 1970s.

The symbol most identified with Kwanzaa consists of seven colored candles placed in a menorah-like candelabrum. These candles borrow their color scheme from Marcus Garvey’s old black nationalist ensign. The lone black candle represents the so-called “black race.” The three red candles evoke images of socialist realism with bloody red banners waving to rally the oppressed for the overthrow of the established order. And the three green candles are meant to recall the splendor of Africa's landscapes.

When Karenga first established Kwanzaa, he and his votaries also crafted a flag of black nationalism and a pledge: "We pledge allegiance to the red, black, and green, our flag, the symbol of our eternal struggle, and to the land we must obtain; one nation of black people, with one G-d of us all, totally united in the struggle, for black love, black freedom, and black self-determination."

The philosophy underlying Kwanzaa is known as Kawaida, a variation of classical Marxism that also includes enmity toward white people. Practitioners of Kawaida believe that one's racial identity "determines life conditions, life chances, and self-understanding" -- just as Marxists identify class as the determining factor of one's life conditions.

The name "Kwanzaa" derives from the Swahili term "matunda yakwanza," or "first fruit," and the festival's trappings, as noted above, all have Swahili names. But Swahili is an East African language, whereas the slaves who were brought to North America came from West Africa. In other words, Swahili has no historical relevance whatsoever for American blacks. Karenga nonetheless elected to build his holiday around Swahili terms because Swahili was the trendy language in the Black Power movement during the 1960s.

Interesting info....but to be fair....it doesn't sound too much more goofy than a lot of other holidays. "A Festivus for the Rest of Us."

 

[Iceman]

Kwanzaa is a Swahili word that means "first" and signifies the first fruits of the harvest. From December 26 to January 1. Kinda late for a harvest since most of the fields are frozen solid under a foot of snow.

Southern hemisphere

Exactly. That's early summer, when the ski slopes open in Tanzania. Good observation Bull.

Dar es Salaam's weather for 12/26: hi 89, lo 80. Chance of blizzard. A tiny one.

I wasn't aware of anyone in Africa who celebrates Kwanzaa. Maybe you can put me in touch with them? LOL

 

[Truthseeker1]

This 'Holiday' is as legitimate as the current inhabitants of the White House.

 

[rightwinger]

This 'Holiday' is as legitimate as the current inhabitants of the White House.

Yes...it is

 

[rightwinger]

Kwanzaa......a celebration of black culture and values

Christmas......a celebration of a virgin birth

 

[BullKurtz]

Southern hemisphere

Exactly. That's early summer, when the ski slopes open in Tanzania. Good observation Bull.

Dar es Salaam's weather for 12/26: hi 89, lo 80. Chance of blizzard. A tiny one.

I wasn't aware of anyone in Africa who celebrates Kwanzaa. Maybe you can put me in touch with them? LOL

They don't; just another weak dodge the putz and his boyfriend pulled outta their butts....they'll defend anything that spits in the face of America....always have, always will.

 

[BullKurtz]

[.....

Don't spam this thread again.

 

[Papageorgio]

Kwanzaa is a Swahili word that means "first" and signifies the first fruits of the harvest. From December 26 to January 1. Kinda late for a harvest since most of the fields are frozen solid under a foot of snow.

Southern hemisphere

Wouldn't it be early then, it would equate to the end of June.

 

[Papageorgio]

Kwanzaa......a celebration of black culture and values

Christmas......a celebration of a virgin birth

So you celebrate neither?

 

[BullKurtz]

Kwanzaa is a Swahili word that means "first" and signifies the first fruits of the harvest. From December 26 to January 1. Kinda late for a harvest since most of the fields are frozen solid under a foot of snow.

Southern hemisphere

Wouldn't it be early then, it would equate to the end of June.

There's no way they can make it work.

 

[Wry Catcher]

What a joke that this pResident acts as if he's for any kind of unification in this nation. His comments regarding kwanza are offensive to all but the radical elements in this country.

Kwanzaa is a Swahili word that means "first" and signifies the first fruits of the harvest. From December 26 to January 1. Kinda late for a harvest since most of the fields are frozen solid under a foot of snow.

In Africa? BTW, this thread seems to have no real purpose but to troll for others who hate others because of their race. If it has a purpose beyond hate and fear please be so kind as to elucidate.

 

[rightwinger]

Kwanzaa......a celebration of black culture and values

Christmas......a celebration of a virgin birth

So you celebrate neither?

There is a Festivus for the rest of us