U. NE Omaha celebrates Kwanza ("It's important to get away from fat white man bringing gifts")

unogateway ^ | Dec 7 04 | U Neb Omaha

[BobS]

"Kwanzaa comes from the philosophy of Kawaida, a cultural nationalist philosophy that argues that Africans must bring forth the best of their culture to be models of human excellence, enriching and expanding the lives of their people."

I approve of that whole heartedly. But where are the support systems to bring it about? 1966 was a long time ago and I don't see any. All I see is destruction in Africa and a tendency to socialism of the kind that lines the pockets of people like Robert Mugabe. Skin color doesn't matter for much of anything. If you give bad men a sanctuary, they will own your house.

[Clemenza]

What do you call the black students at the University of Nebraska?

The football team.

[Cowboy Bob]

After the keynote address, a somewhat culturally diverse audience of nearly 50 people enjoyed a meal of fried chicken, greens, cornbread, pumpkin pie and macaroni and cheese.

This is a hoax! Everybody know they'd be eating sweetpotato pie! Seriously - how many Blacks are the at UNO (aside from the football and basketball team), and how many Blacks are there in Omaha?

[jungleboy]

Our President has his hands tied with this phoney thing. It is the dnc machine that has created this beast.

Until the gop, or whomever, "rastles" control of our Academia and Main News Outlets, we Americans will have this phoney baloney hate-filled and DIVISIVE scar called Kwanza.

Spread the TRUTH. Teach your children the TRUTH.

[rlmorel]

"fat white man bringing gifts".

Sounds like Michael Moore, except for the bringing gifts part.


Unless you regard toe-jam and under-man-breast perspiration as gifts...

Sorry. That was even a bit much to type, never mind visualize...:(

[ariamne]

Very enlightening and I am incensed because they celebrate this claptrap and teach it to my seven year old! Back I barge into my daughter's grade school tomorrow with a print out of this article and your remarks to show the principal. I fought him last month on Ramadan, looks like I've got a new fight. As for me, I'll take the fat white man and Jesus Christ anyday.

[solitas]

What's your favorite Kwanzaa Carol?

(sung to the tune of 'Jingle Bells')
"...Drive-by shootin 'ho's, in my '80 Chevrolet. T'ru da 'hood we goes, blastin' all da way...."

[Bombardier]

Omaha is 400,000 people, of which 13 percent are black. UNO is about 20 percent black.

[beef]

I read somewhere that all the official records of Karenga's trial on the torture charges and his subsequent incarceration have mysteriously disappeared. All that remains are the newspaper accounts. Isn't it funny how that happens?

[nonliberal]

"to get away from the belief of a fat white man bringing gifts to poor kids in the ghetto,"

What if that fat white man is the mailman bringing the welfare check?

[churchillbuff]

UNO is about 20 percent black."""

And all they got was 50 people to turn out to this Kwanzaa celebration - and not all of them were black? Clearly, Kwanzaa hasn't caught on with most blacks -- Christmas is just fine with them, thank you.

[hatfieldmccoy]

With all of the misery and violence the black community has visited on it's own people and the city here in Omaha, this silly exercise in some invented back to Africa holiday is just the type of style over substance, changing the subject event we have come to expect from this crowd.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

David Horowitz exposed Mr. Karenga-one of the biggest charlatans since Marcus Garvey- for the liar that he is in one of his earlier essay collections, Hating Whitey.

Debunking the myths established by him, along with those propagated by other notorious frauds, like Rigoberto Menchu, have earned him the respect of many former doubters within the conservative movement.

[jamaly]

The term Kwanzaa comes from the phrase, "matunda ya kwanza" which means "first fruits."

Is this where the term "fruits & nuts" comes from?

BTW, how many blacks live in Nebraska? I would expect they don't have many. So I doubt there is a big uproar demanding Kwanza celebrations.

[mysto]

BTW, how many blacks live in Nebraska?
I don;t know... how many guys are on the Nebraska football team? I think that's your answer... LOL

[muawiyah]

The answer is 4%.

If you'd stayed awake in history you would have remembered that Kansas as well as Nebraska were targets of potential Souv'rn extensions of slavery.

Soon-to-be Confederate enemies were already bringing African-Americans to the territories.

People who forget the Jayhawk Wars are doomed to repeat them!

[Constantine XIII]

I'm sure Nebraska has a real problem with those ghettos. ><

[AppyPappy]

I guess giving a soldering iron would be considered bad taste.

[Darnright]

>Spread the TRUTH. Teach your children the TRUTH.<

Whatever happened to the concept of the twelve days of Christmas? The retail monolith has pushed and pushed Advent, supposedly a time of reflection, out of the way and we modern Americans are deluged with HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! as soon as Halloween can be finished.

I would love to see more cultural celebration of an extended Christmas, among Christians. This Kwanzaa thing is just one more impediment.

[Tijeras_Slim]

fat white man bringing gifts

Strange sentiment from folks that gave Gore 90% of their vote in 2000.