Vanity: Does ANYBODY actually celebrate Kwanzaa?

[Junior_G]

Politically correct lefties like to mention Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa all in the same breath, implying that they are equally legitimate holiday celebrations enjoyed by different groups. Christmas and Hanukkah both have rich histories to back them up, and millions of people celebrate these holidays worldwide; but does anybody actually celebrate Kwanzaa? Liberals are absolutely in love with the concept of Kwanzaa as the Black Americans' alternative to Christmas; but do any Black Americans actually celebrate it?
Kwanzaa is a holiday that was invented by a left-wing activist college professor in 1966 as a holiday for Black Americans to celebrate African culture and practice the tenets of socialism. How many black families were actually willing to abandon their Christmas traditions in favor of this new holiday, made up willy-nilly by a radical campus nutjob? If anybody on this forum has ever actually met somebody that celebrates this holiday, I'd love to hear about it. I have a sneaking suspicion that next to nobody celebrates it.
If you'll recall, some number of years ago a Texaco executive was canned after being recorded making a disparaging comment about Kwanzaa. Today, to make a joke about Kwanzaa is considered no better than delivering a racial slur; but shouldn't bogus socialist holidays----as a general rule----be soundly ridiculed? I'm curious what people's thoughts are on this one...particularly black contributors to this forum. Liberals act like all black people celebrate Kwanzaa, but all the black people I know celebrate Christmas.

[TN4Liberty]

Umoja (unity) Kujichagulia (self-determination) Ujima (collective work and responsibility) Ujamaa (cooperative economics) Nia (purpose) Kuumba (creativity) Imani (faith)

East Germany used to celebrate the same principals.

[johnny7]

Shouldn't that be "Twoto"?

I was thinkin' Togo.

[AppyPappy]

It's a holiday created by a man who killed black people.

[johnny7]

...nobody celebrates it except public employees.

Yea... and they celebrate it often on Monday's and Tuesday's.

[ClearCase_guy]

Bump for later

[G.Mason]

"Yes there are Black Americans' that celebrate Kwanzaa"

Care to say why?

[mhking]

I know of a small handful of people who celebrate it outright, blissfully ignorant of the history behind it.

Of course, most of THOSE are people who would sooner see me killed for my views as well...

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[chilepepper]

The greeting card manufacturers celebrate it. Particularly HALLMARK, famous for backing the "made for sheep-TV" smear job on Ronnie & Nancy.

[WhiteGuy]

Well...............

I don't know about kwanzaa....................

There is a holiday celebrated by WhiteGuys.............

We call it HappyHourDay.

It has a rich tradition going back several years..............

We celebrate it numerous times each year, it occurs on the last work day before any of "other" holidays.

WhiteGuys from around the world gather at bars and taverns to celebrate their culture and enjoy the traditions of sucking beer and chowing wings instead of working.

This coming Tuesday is the next observance of HappyHourDay.......I'm think I'll celebrate at BW3 on Bethel Rd.

I just wish my boss would stop oppressing me over my faith......

He doesn't understand the importance of HappyHourDay to my people.

[YourAdHere]

Festivus for the rest of us.

[InvisibleChurch]

(humming Kwanzaa carols at my keyboard as I type)

[JoeGar]

Swahili is a East African dialect which was foreign to most slaves since they came from West Africa. Oh well, I suppose it makes as much sense as the rest of the holiday.

[hellinahandcart]

"Black Art must be for the people, by the people and from the people," writes Karenga. "That is to say, it must be functional, collective and committing."

Oy.

"Collective" art? I never encountered this term in art school.

It must be "functional"? What is this hack trying to say, that black artists must only engage in crafts? Pottery, textiles, basketweaving, stuff like that? Stuff that everyone HAD to produce out of necessity, before the industrial revolution? Because that's the future he envisions, or what?

"Committing"? To a (his) cause, I suppose.

Karenga is also well-known for his commitment to Black cultural nationalism. In his essay "Black Cultural Nationalism" Karenga explains that, "Black art, like everything else in the Black community, must respond positively to the reality of revolution" (Gayle, The Black Aesthetic).

Ah. Black artists must produce "black art". They must not dare to paint a landscape or still life or anything else that does not bludgeon the viewer instantly with Black Identity Politics.

It's hard enough to be an artist without idiots like Karenga trying to put new chains on you.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Kwanza is celebrated by dozens (ok, maybe not that many) of far left wing liberals around the country.

[ClearCase_guy]

it must be functional, collective and committing

Functional -- it must be useful in a political sense: it must serve the Revolution's aims.
Collective -- it must focus on the masses: in order to serve the Revolution's aims.
Committing -- there is one central goal in life: serving the Revolution's aims.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

SG - I thought this might interest you.....

[TheRightGuy]

. It estimates 28 million adherents.

A nyumber roughly equivalent to the number of those expecting reparations?

[machman]

The Festivus Pole

    Not a tree, a pole. No decorations. Tinsel is very distracting from the true meaning of the holiday. The pole is tall, silver, hollow, long, skinny, and heavy.

 

"A Festivus, For the Rest of Us!" - Frank Costanza

[Vision]

Kwanzaa is hate.

It's was created by a professor in southern california on fraudlent cultural principles, designed to "de-whitetise chrimas" according to Al Sharpton in the NY Times.

[brewcrew]

Well, the Brits celebrate the first day of Kwanzaa, but not because it's Kwanzaa - it's Boxing Day.

I celebrate it because it's my birfday. I'm thinking of calling it brewcrewzaapalooza.