Posted on 12/30/2006 2:34:47 AM PST by JohnHuang2
We hear a lot these days about a divided nation. So I began wondering this week why our nation has begun to embrace a relatively new celebration known as Kwanzaa, which is not as innocent as it appears on the surface.
Launched in 1966, Kwanzaa is celebrated for seven days, beginning Dec. 26. The weeklong festival was introduced by Ron Karenga (aka Ron Everett), a black author and Marxist devotee, who has a very dubious history. Mr. Karenga's Marxist roots should be a warning signal right off the bat, but there's more to be concerned about here.
In 1969, on the campus of UCLA, Mr. Karenga led a student group known as United Slaves, which, along with students in the equally radical Black Panthers (the rivals of United Slaves), actually attended classes with loaded weapons.
David Horowitz, in his book "Radical Son," noted that Black Panther John Higgins was then "murdered – along with Al 'Bunchy' Carter – on the UCLA campus by members of Ron Karenga's organization." Later, female members of the United Slaves said they were tortured by United Slaves members, all at Mr. Karenga's command.
Members of the organization have since reported being beaten and tortured by Mr. Karenga and his minions. He actually was convicted of felonious assault and false imprisonment in 1971 and sentenced to prison. At his trial, a psychiatrist's report declared: "This man now represents a picture which can be considered both paranoid and schizophrenic with hallucinations and elusions, inappropriate affect, disorganization and impaired contact with the environment."
But the story gets more bizarre.
When he was released from prison, Mr. Karenga had earned his doctorate degree and soon was appointed to the Black Studies Department at California State University, Long Beach.
I'll never cease to be amazed at the foolish gullibility of modern education officials.
Our nation, I believe, has also been naïve in accepting Kwanzaa without examining its roots and its founder. In our modern quest to embrace multiculturalism and diversity at all costs, I believe we are being duped by the founder of Kwanzaa.
I've watched several news reports on Kwanzaa in recent days and none of them have mentioned the dark history of its founder or its Marxist pedigree. The reports have simply noted that Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration rooted in African traditions, and even that is untrue.
Mr. Karenga himself admits that Kwanzaa is not fundamentally African, telling the Washington Post in 1978, "People think it's African, but it's not."
In a recent column, Ann Coulter, never one to mince words, said of Kwanzaa: "[It] is a lunatic blend of schmaltzy '60s rhetoric, black racism and Marxism." She added, "When Karenga was asked to distinguish Kawaida, the philosophy underlying Kwanzaa, from 'classical Marxism,' he essentially explained that under Kawaida, we also hate whites."
Listen, I love learning about other cultures. At Liberty University, where I am the chancellor, this year we welcomed students from 83 nations among our 10,000-plus resident students. Further, nearly 14 percent of our student body is African-American. I truly enjoy meeting these students, hearing their stories and celebrating their life goals. It is fascinating to learn about others' customs and ways of life.
But I cannot accept Kwanzaa as a legitimate American holiday. It is corrupt and wholly anti-American. There is danger in it.
I join with Ann Coulter in celebrating Galatians 3:28, which notes that the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ is available to all, no matter their race, color, background or heritage. It says, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. …" (NKJV).
Therein lies real diversity and true freedom for all.
My favorite holiday is Hanukkah...
Judas Maccabees against overwhelming, improbable odds, slaughtered the pagan Greeks with their enablers and allies.
A most fitting celebration of superior soldiering if not anything else.
Your birth was a mythical event.
I wouldnt worry about it too much Jerry. Its a fad that will die out. Most of America just chuckles a litle that blacks who observe Kwaanza are 1.Bigots,or 2. Stupid,or a combination of both.
I am an atheist...
My favorite holiday is Hanukkah...
Judas Maccabees against overwhelming, improbable odds, slaughtered the pagan Greeks with their enablers and allies.
A most fitting celebration of superior soldiering if not anything else.
Cultural Marxists are a waste of time... you just hate anything to do with Jewish history. Too bad...
There is plenty of proof of Christ and the events of his time.
You choose not to look for them.
Ignorant people can believe in and celebrate whatever they want. Just don't force their beliefs on me or expect me to show any respect for them.
They can't, because there isn't any. Instead they like to send others on a wild griffin chase.
Blessed is he who hath not seen, yet believes.
:)
I hope you are correct. I am tired of this PC MC bull being pushed on us. I guess those on the far left will demand a national holiday for every anti Amwerican ideal or far left way of life they can push. This is out of control.
And how are they being forced on everyone? I don't know anyone who celebrates it, I haven't gotten a single Kwanzaa card, haven't seen any Kwanzaa decorations, nothing. Let those who want to celebrate it, celebrate it. And those who wish to leave it alone, then let them leave it alone. But unless those who are celebrating it start questioning the legitimacy of Christmas then I don't see any need to criticize their holiday. Except to get people's mouth's foaming.
I'm amazed that Christians have allowed Halloween to be a pagan celebration. Maybe that is why it is not an "official" holiday.
Most christian churches offer some sort of Halloween celebration. Seems totally contradictory to me, but then there I go again.
"...you just hate anything to do with Jewish history"
I asked you for proof of archeological evidence that you were so sure about. In response to a legitimate question, you attacked me personally and continue to do so.
Essentially, such desperate attacks are the surest sign that you were lying (to begin with), didn't expect anyone to challenge you on the bizarre "facts" that you spouted, and are upset that you have been exposed as a fraud (at least on historical and archeological topics).
QED.
Have a nice day.
From the Satanic Bible, by Anton Szandor LaVey:
"Originally, All Hallows' Eve was one of the great fire festivals of Britain at the time of the Druids. In Scotland it was associated with the time when the spirits of the dead, the demons, witches, and sorcerers were usually active and propitious. Paradoxically, All Hallows' Eve was also a night when young people performed magical rituals to determine their future marriage partners. The youth of the villages carried on with much merry-making and sensual revelry, but the older people took great care to safeguard their homes from the evil spirits, witches, and demons who had exceptional power that night..."
Duuuhhhhhh...
You are no different than Rosie O'Donnell who thinks Christians are as bad as the Taliban... you are a kook...
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