After So Many Black Lives Lost, We Need Kwanzaa More Than Ever This Year

Guardian (UK) ^ | December 26, 2014 | Michael W Twitty

[Steelfish]

Can’t imagine what occurs on the 12th day?

[sitetest]

Here are some alternative principles:

1. I will graduate from high school.

2. I will learn a trade or go to college.

3. If I am a man, until I marry, I’ll keep it in my pants. If I am a woman, until I marry, I’ll keep my legs together.

3. Under no circumstances will I participate in making a bastard child.

4. I will get a job and work hard for it. I will accept that my first job will be near or at the bottom, and accept the fact that I must work my way up the economic ladder.

5. I will refuse welfare.

6. Once I am working, I will marry, and ONLY THEN will i have babies. With one woman only.

7. I will stay married and raise my children in an intact family.

8. I will not rob, rape, pillage, loot, plunder, or murder.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I wonder if this Guardian writer’s brain will end up inhabiting the Kwanzaa bot’s* body?

*Futurama reference

[Vendome]

It’s a wascist, self serving and ultimatley marginalizing event.

If you want to be judged on the content of your character, come up with a new religiousity type of experience open to all, with a universal message...

[newfreep]

A well known Aftrican communist & terrorist who is revered by American communists & black racists.

[COBOL2Java]

To be fair, the Bible was also bastardized to justify slavery.

Read Matthew 4:1-11. Satan also bastardizes the Bible, so what's your point?

[I want the USA back]

Ridiculous. Kwanza won’t help. Adopting civilized principles and lifestyle will.

[miss marmelstein]

My point is pretty clear if you read my post correctly.

[COBOL2Java]

Miss M, I included you because I was agreeing with you. :-)

[miss marmelstein]

So sorry, Cobol! Post Christmas Day misreading.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

To be fair, the Bible was also bastardized to justify slavery.

To be fair, the Bible didn’t have to be “bastardized” to justify slavery. But then, no religion historically - not paganism, certainly, and not Islam, most certainly - and not Hinduism or official atheism (e.g., the Soviet Union) ever delegitimated slavery as an institution. Except for Christianity, in the past couple of centuries. Especially protestant Christianity, and most especially British Christianity.

To be fair.

Black Rednecks and White Liberals - Thomas Sowell

[COBOL2Java]

No harm, no foul, Happy Kwa.. - no skip that. Merry Christmas!

[miss marmelstein]

And a very Merry Christmas and New Years to you, FRiend!

[MileHi]

FR is an amazing resource.

[windsorknot]

We Need Kwanzaa More Than Ever

You can take your Kwanzaa, and stick it where the sun doesn't shine.

[mikrofon]

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Haul out the hoodies
Put up your hands before the press goes away
Fill up your pockets
It may be rushing things, but hit the stores again now...

For we need a little Kwanzaa
Right this very minute
Candles in the window,
Christmas done begins it.

Yes, we need a little Kwanzaa
Right this very minute;
It didn’t catch on, but not to worry
Screw Santa, though - we’re in a hurry

So climb through the window
Pick out the brightest bling & stuff you’ve ever seen
Slice up the showcase
It’s time we grab some “tinsel” from those businesses now...

For we’ve grown a little meaner, grown a little colder
Grown a little madder, grown a little older
And we need a bit more anger, get a whole lot bolder-
We need a little Kwanzaa now.

[Bigg Red]

This Twitty character must be seriously delusional.

[gop4lyf]

Can’t we just say, “Happy Holiday?”

[Terry L Smith]

I’d openly celebrate “Festivus”, before i expend one lung’s breath over “kwanza”.

[NoCmpromiz]

So...

You put up your kwanzaaaaaa bush yet?? ;-)