The TRUTH about Kwanzaa

JewishWorldToday ^ | Dec 31, 1999 | Tony Snow

[wesagain]

BLACKS IN AMERICA have suffered an endless series of insults and degradations, the latest of which goes by the name of Kwanzaa.

Ron Karenga (aka Dr. Maulana Ron Karenga) invented the seven-day feast (Dec. 26-Jan. 1) in 1966, branding it a black alternative to Christmas. The idea was to celebrate the end of what he considered the Christmas-season exploitation of African Americans.

According to the official Kwanzaa Web site -- as opposed, say, to the Hallmark Cards Kwanzaa site -- the celebration was designed to foster "conditions that would enhance the revolutionary social change for the masses of Black Americans" and provide a "reassessment, reclaiming, recommitment, remembrance, retrieval, resumption, resurrection and rejuvenation of those principles (Way of Life) utilized by Black Americans' ancestors."

Karenga postulated seven principles: unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith, each of which gets its day during Kwanzaa week. He and his votaries also crafted a flag of black nationalism and a pledge: "We pledge allegiance to the red, black, and green...............

[wesagain]

A Classic Editorial from a very classy journalist.

[wesagain]

RIP Tony....

[loboinok]

Marxism dressed in psuedo-religion. AKA - Black Liberation Theology.

[Rodamala]

[bgill]

Classy but not the whole truth. Tony left out Karanga raped and tortured women with a soldering iron and electrical cords.

[Baynative]

Kwanzaa, a uniquely liberal celebration.

[mountn man]

Marxism dressed in psuedo-religion. AKA - Black Liberation Theology.

"collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics"

Yep...Pretty much nailed it.

[mjp]

Marxism dressed in psuedo-religion. AKA - Black Liberation Theology.

exactly

happy-kwanzaa-now-give-us-all-your-money-greedy-capitalst-pigs.

[wesagain]

"the celebration was designed to foster "conditions that would enhance the revolutionary social change for the masses of Black Americans"

A Stunning Example!

[Rightly Biased]

I put that picture on FB and man oh man did I get ripped

Happy times indeed.

[frogjerk]

[frogjerk]

[ronnie raygun]

I prefer festivus

[righttackle44]

I miss Mr. Snow. G-d bless him.

[45semi]

"BLACKS IN AMERICA have suffered an endless series of insults and degradations"
...'of which those inflicted by others ceased about 3/4's of a century ago. The self-inflicted ones continue to this day.'

There, reads factually now.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Thanks. I am reminded of the saying that God has created a limit to human intelligence, but not to human stupidity.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Ron Everett is nothing but a European secular humanist. He has no connection beyond descent to pre-"enlightenment" Africans.

RIP Tony. Never forgotten.

[FrdmLvr]

Being a white, female, elementary school teacher, I can tell you how very true this is! With the exception of your’s truly.

[Lee N. Field]

Marxism dressed in psuedo-religion. AKA - Black Liberation Theology.

I'm currently reading Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism. It seemed an appropriate purchase after this election.

What I find interesting is how often the anti-liberal (classical sense) progressive movements have a weird religious component to them. Reverence for State, reverence for Volk, socialist Jesus, whatever.

[loboinok]

... how often the anti-liberal (classical sense) progressive movements have a weird religious component to them.

I came across a word for that recently... religious humanism. I haven't checked it out yet but wouldn't be surprised to see it match up.

Is Goldberg's book any good?