Posted on 12/11/2010 2:52:43 PM PST by Dallas59
Felicia Green showed up with the heath care equivalent of a grocery list.
"Had my flu shot. Got tested for HIV. Now I'm going to check out some of those clinic resources," the 25-year-old from Dallas said Saturday.
Green hadn't stepped into a hospital, although a warehouse full of health care services awaited her. She'd come for KwanzaaFest, an annual event that celebrates black culture and community.
Two decades after Dallas hosted one of the country's first Kwanzaa celebrations, the small-scale activity has ballooned into a boisterous two-day festival dominated largely by the social services it provides. Officials expect more than 50,000 people at Fair Park this weekend to honor black heritage and health.
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Except for blacks, of course.
"We've moved from symbolism to substance," said John Wiley Price, a Dallas County Commissioner and KwanzaaFest's founder. "We still subscribe to the original principles of education and emancipation..."
"Emancipation"??
Hey Homes - in between the shrimp cocktail and the Chablis, and have you checked out the brutha in the White House yet?
Demonstrate your "principle" by stuffing it in the glove compartment of your pimp-mobile, then drive yo bad @ss across the ocean back to Mother Africa, you fraud.
Well, he never missed throwing a Cinco De Mayo party up in the White House...So..
Kwänzâá is when everyone gets to be Welfare Queen for a day.
On the second day of Kwanzaa Karenga gave to me
Two Jaily birds,
And a Marxist in a red tree.
On the third day of Kwanzaa Karenga gave to me
Three Dixie Chicks.
Two Jaily birds,
And a Marxist in a red tree.
On the fourth day of Kwanzaa Karenga gave to me
Four Lenin busts.
Three Dixie Chicks,
Two Jaily birds,
And a Marxist in a red tree.
On the fifth day of Kwanzaa Karenga gave to me
Five fel-on-ies.
Four Lenin busts,
Three Dixie Chicks,
Two Jaily birds,
And a Marxist in a red tree.
On the sixth day of Kwanzaa Karenga gave to me
Six Castro jumpsuits.
Five fel-on-ies,
Four Lenin busts,
Three Dixie Chicks,
Two Jaily birds,
And a Marxist in a red tree.
On the seventh day of Kwanzaa Karenga gave to me
Seven Mao pajamas,
Six Castro jumpsuits,
Five fel-on-ies,
Four Lenin busts
Three Dixie Chicks,
Two Jaily birds,
And a Marxist in a red tree.
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