Kwanzaa, a time to foster pride in African culture

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2966336 ^

[sheik yerbouty]

You sir, are defaming Festivus! There will be an "airing of grievances."

[HamiltonJay]

A black seperatist that beats and rapes women decides to pull a fast one on the black community, and they bite hook line and sinker... KWANZAA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH AFRICA!!

Fools.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Yep

[ConservativeDude]

"Which leads to a wider question, why do we allow the nutcase lefties to spread this bunk through public school curricula?"

I suppose we let them, because we don't make the effort to just say "no".

From time to time, I read about how some idiot education bureaucrat tries to bully a homeschool family, ie, demanding that the credentials of the parents be proven and the curriculum be approved. This is of course patently illegal in most states, but what the hell, right?

I often think about writing my local school district and demanding, as a taxpayer, to 1) review the credentials of the teachers, and 2) to review the curriculum.

I'm pretty sure I would be giving out a lot of F's.

They would of course be shocked that a mere taxpayer would have the audacity to demand a review.

Why shouldn't we though, in principle?

[sheik yerbouty]

Soiled bedsheets.

[JimVT]

Lordy... this is such politically correct stupidity and cupidity combined.

The k-3 school where I work part-time is extolling the virtues of this Kwaanza event, apparently with none of the teachers taking the time to research its origins.

Begorrah...next Christmas I'm going to promote the "Stand and Deliver" days (Dec. 1-31) of my Irish highwaymen ancestors.

We will honor the memory of one of the most famous brigands, one Charles Carragher who was caught in 1718 and his head was spiked on Dundalk jail with his hat and wig on. Their impact on popular culture is reflected in the songs and tunes that commemorate their lives, and the message is clear: old soldiers may die, but brigands go on forever.

Carragher go bragh!

Contributions greatfully accepted to commemorate this great White Boy gone BAAAAAAAAAAD!!!

[Ironfocus]

Most of the curriculum seems to be solid, but I have to question why multi-culturalism based on lies has to be taught. The teachers seem to robots, just do what they are told by the school district, without thinking or questioning, and are given a curriculum by the academia? Their credentials then don't matter as much as those who are creating this claptrap.

[thoughtomator]

Well, it's pretty funny to see people take a fake holiday seriously, yet I am well aware of the implications of this sort of mass-manipulation phenomenon. If you can get 'em to believe a 30-year-old paranoid ex-con's fabrication is a legacy of African culture, you can get 'em to believe anything.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Talk about stereotypes--there is no political entity called "Africa." It's a continent comprised of numerous independent states, each of which possesses (or has possessed) its own unique style of local and national characteristics. Saying "African culture," is like saying "a molecule of blood." Either one will serve to mark you as an uninformed nincompoop.

[Texas_Jarhead]

"It's a chance to get out of America..."

Looks like Kwanzaa has worked its magic on this person.

[ConservativeDude]

"Their credentials then don't matter as much as those who are creating this claptrap."

You got that right.

Teachers are of course robots. Most don't have the intelligence to rise above that. Schools of education are to blame for that. The idea that there is a separate discipline called "education" which, interestingly, does not include any significant effort to learn history, math, philosohy, science, or language, is shocking in and of itself.

"I am totally uneducated. Yet I have a degree in education. Let me teacher your children.....Today, children we are going to learn about the holiday of Kwanzaa..."

Truly Orwellian.

[thombo]

Makes me want to cry as well. Very sad that African Americans have to create a mythical holiday to boost their self esteem, and at the same time thumb their noses at America. All the while making FULL use of our very generous programs that assist poor oppressed Negro's. Ex welfare,subsidized housing, food stamps,affirmative action, minority business loans....

[BobS]

"This is actually turning into a serious dicussion, which I did not intend....

Of course you didn't intend it to be. That's the way things happen sometimes. So let's allow it to run it's course and approach a conclusion.

Kwanzaa is a fake belief created by leftists who think that American Blacks have an attachment to a distant country. They do not. The same as I don't have an attachment to various European cultures. We live where we live and do what we can no matter what we look like.

[Ironfocus]

Is it so only because we allow it to be so? It's sadly true that most parents don't care to verify what their children are being taught, they just blindly trust these educators and the "knowledge" they have.

[ErnBatavia]

Put on your Yamaha....it's time for Hannukah.

[thombo]

Karenga def has credentials. I'm surprised he's not a tenured professor at UofC(Berkley).

[F16Fighter]

"When I told a lot of people I was going to Africa they told me, `Don't talk to me,' when I get back, `You'll have AIDS,'" Johnson said.

Advice to Miss Johnson:

Stay away from African "male escort services" and blood transfusions.