DAILY NOTEBOOK: What Ever Happened To The "Millions for Reparations Mobilization?"

The Iconoclast ^ | August 26, 2002 | Unknown

[Apolitical]

What Ever Happened To The "Millions for Reparations Mobilization?"....



August 26, 2002: My, my. After all that advance hype and build-up in the Washington Post, NY Times and various newsmagazines, hardly a word in the liberal press about the Millions for Reparations Mobilization -- the much-publicized march on Washington D.C. to demand reparations for contemporary American blacks (from the U.S. government) for the many ill-effects of slavery.

Not that it mattered to the liberal media that the key organizers or this event had, how can we politely say it, rather questionable resumes. For example, four of the outspoken organizers of the event -- Viola Plummer, Yvette Kelley, Coltrane Chimurenga and Roger Wareham -- were convicted 17 years ago on charges related to plotting a jailbreak in New York for two members of the Black Liberation Army who had been convicted of murdering a Brinks guard and two police officers in a $1.6 million robbery.

Another key reparations proponent, Ronald "Ron Karenga" Everett, was characterized by the ever-tolerant and non-judgemental Los Angeles Times as "a danger to society who is need of prolonged custodial treatment in prison," when he was convicted of assault and torture of two women in 1970.

And then there is of course the dean of rabid anti-semitism, Louis Farrakhans and his pal Jesse "Hymie Town" Jackson. Need we say more?

So how come we haven't heard more about the actual mobilization of millions of angry black citizens in the nation's capital? Well, perhaps because only 9,000 lonely losers turned up -- most of whom were probably the illegitimate children of Jesse Jackson hoping to scoff some reparations of their own from their promiscuous papa.

Obviously, the Millions for Reparations Mobilization wasn't quite the hopping success America's papers of record had been hoping.....

[Apolitical]

Millions For Reparations flop!

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[End The Hypocrisy]

They illegally caused a riot, though, arguably enough:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/735294/posts

[clintonbaiter]

Should have been called the Millions Stay At Home For Reparations March

[clintonbaiter]

They should have called it the "The Millions Stay At Home For Reparations March"

[madvlad]

NO REPARATIONS WITHOUT REPATRIATION!!!

Reparations in the form of airfare for a
one-way ticket BTA!

Mad Vlad

[xJones]

For example, four of the outspoken organizers of the event -- Viola Plummer, Yvette Kelley, Coltrane Chimurenga and Roger Wareham -- were convicted 17 years ago on charges related to plotting a jailbreak in New York for two members of the Black Liberation Army who had been convicted of murdering a Brinks guard and two police officers in a $1.6 million robbery.

Oh, that's a good one. Why is this the first time this has been reported in the media? Ex-cons in charge of another attempted rip-off? This does the black American no good, it is just using them further.

[Pompah]

I guess it's tough getting a million "Pan-Handlers" to gather in one place these days.
A bridge too far huh Jessie.?

[Apolitical]

Good reply the first time. Getting a little tedious the second time.

[Tacis]

Well, there actually were millions marching (or crawling/staggering/limping) for reparations in Africa. There are millions of Africans who believe we (the US) owe them big bucks because our ancestors did not rescue their ancestors from the agony of Africa. They claim, I am told, that the selections made by the original Arab slave traders and the European ship captains who transported the Africans were not random, but were based on tribal membership. A powerful tribe overcame a weak tribe and sold the capitives to Arabs/Europeans and into slavery. While some of these slaves died and had very hard lives, their descendants are infinitly better off than the poor bastards still in Africa. And, those Africans want reparations for the tribally based discrimination so many years ago.

[Faraday]

That 9000 number is inflated. What I saw on C-SPAN looked more like 500. We are indeed getting in range of Bill and Jesse's progeny.

[End The Hypocrisy]

>>>I guess it's tough getting a million "Pan-Handlers" to gather in one place these days.
A bridge too far huh Jessie.?<<<

I was in Washington D.C. not long after the "rally" and I asked some African Americans why turnout was so poor even though D.C. is 60% black. They said they figure that to participate is pointless because "the white man" runs the system. Besides which, any money that might be awarded would wind up in the pockets of merely a select few (such as Jesse Jackson).

[Kenton]

If I have to pay reparations, first I want to own some slaves. I mean, what's fair is fair.

[End The Hypocrisy]

You're right, that 9,000 number IS inflated. Even the Washington Post said merely "hundreds" rallied:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/734931/posts?page=1

[End The Hypocrisy]

You (like all taxpayers) already ARE a slave, though, and to African Americans in fact. The following fairly recent thread analyzes how there are far, far, far more blacks "employed" in the (tax-subsidized) federal government than their national percentages would warrant:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/729875/posts

[monday]

"If I have to pay reparations, first I want to own some slaves. I mean, what's fair is fair."

Go over to Zimbabwe and put an ad in the paper. You will get more slaves than you can feed.

[Spiff]

Someone said Karenga. I can't avoid posting Spiff KounterKwanzaa / KounterKarenga link list and info. Scroll down for Karenga-specific info.

Kwanzaa Links

Racial Revelry - TooGood Reports

Did You Have A Happy Kwanzaa? - WorldNetDaily

Celebrate Reality - Not Fantasy - Tampa Tribune

Kwanzaa Quandary - Tucson Weekly

We Wish You A Phony Festival - Report (Canadian Magazine)

So This Is Kwanzaa - Newsmax.com

Ann Coulter on Kwanzaa - TownHall.Com

Mona Charen on Kwanzaa - Jewish World Review

Tony Snow on Kwanzaa - Jewish World Review

The TRUE Spirit of Kwanzaa - The New American magazine

The Story of Kwanzaa - The Dartmouth Review

The Truth About Kwanzaa - A Christian Viewpoint

A Momentary Loss of Reason - Binghamton Review

Kwanzaa & The White House - NY Post Editorial, 1997 (Freerepublic.com thread)

Michael Savage on Kwanzaa - NewsMax

Happy Kwanzaa - FrontPage Magazine - Link may not work, if it doesn't click here for the Free Republic thread.

I'm Dreaming of a White Kwanzaa - LewRockwell.com - Link may not work, if it doesn't click here for the Free Republic thread.

Letter to Editor - Ypsilanti Courier

What is Kwanzaa? - File Passed Around On Internet About Kwanzaa

Happy Kwanzaa by Patrick S. Poole

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Kwanzaa Religious Connection:

Anti-Christian? Anti-Christmas?

Karenga himself says that Kwanzaa is an "oppositional alternative" to Christianity - which he calls "spookism" and "eurocentric". He claims the Bible is myth and rejects Jesus Christ.

"...Kwanzaa is not an imitation, but an alternative, in fact, and oppositional alternative to the spookism, mysticism and non-earth based practices which plague us as a people . . . "
pg 14, Kwanzaa: Origin, Concepts, Practice. 1977

Karenga defines "spookism" as "belief in spooks who threaten us if we don't worship them and demand we turn over our destiny and daily lives..." p 27. Kawaida Theory

. Of Christianity and Judaism and their beliefs, Karenga says this about such "myths":

"...it is a simplistic and often erroneous answer to existential ignorance fear, powerlessness and alienation. An example is the Hebrew myth of the six-day creation and the tower of Babel, or Christian myths of resurrection, heaven and hell;"
Kawaida Theory, p 23.

"...it often denies and diminishes human worth, capacity, potential and achievement. In Christian and Jewish mythology, humans are born in sin, cursed with mythical ancestors who've sinned and brought the wrath of an angry God on every generation's head. ... If a mythical being has done, does and will do everything, what's our relevance and role in the world?"
Kawaida Theory. p 24.

Spookism, on the other hand, is intense emotional commitment to non-human-centered principles and practices which place humans at the mercy of invisible and omnipotent forces and thus, deny the right and capacity of humans to shape reality and their future according to their own needs and desires."
Kwanzaa: Origin, Concepts, Practice,pp 44-45.

What is Maat?

According to Karenga, Maat is the foundation for Kawaida which is the basis for Kwanzaa. So Maat -> Kawaida -> Kwanzaa.

Karenga defines Maat as:

"the fundamental principle of the divine, natural and social order established by Ra (God) at the time of creation Karenga,The Book of Coming Forth By Day, Los Angeles: University of Sankore Press l990, p.23" </blockquote

From Official KWanzaa Website :

Values and value orientation are important, as Kawaida philosophy teaches, because values are categories of commitment, priorities and excellence which indicate and enhance human possibilities. Kwanzaa puts forth seven key values, the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) which offer standards of excellence and models of possibilities and which aid in building and reinforcing family, community and culture: Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia, Kuumba, Imani.

At the same time Kwanzaa reinforces associated values of truth, justice, propriety, harmony, balance, reciprocity and order embodied in the concept of Maat. In a word, it reminds us to hold to our ancient traditions as a people who are spiritually grounded, who respect our ancestors and elders, cherish and challenge our children, care for the vulnerable, relate rightfully to the environment and always seek and embrace the Good.

So, Karenga shows the link between Maat, Kawaida, and Kwanzaa right on the Official Kwanzaa Website. It is there, right now.

Those who believe in Maat believe that the 42 confessions/admonitions of Maat, found in The Egyptian Book of the Dead are the source of the 10 Commandments received by Moses in 'The Moses Story' (see here and here.) They believe that Moses did not receive the Commandments from God, but lifted them from a black Egyptian.

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Underlying Kwanzaa Socialism/Marxism

Kawaida, another invention of Ron Everett (aka. Maulana Karenga) is the underlying philosphy to Kwanzaa. Karenga describes Kawaida as "a synthesis of nationalism, pan-Africanism, and socialist thought."

The Official Kwanzaa Website - run by Ron Everett (aka. Maulana Karenga) says this about Kawaida and its relationship to Kwanzaa:

THERE IS NO WAY TO UNDERSTAND and appreciate the meaning and message of Kwanzaa without understanding and appreciating its profound and pervasive concern with values. In fact. Kwanzaa's reason for existence, its length of seven days, its core focus and its foundation are all rooted in its concern with values. Kwanzaa inherits this value concern and focus from Kawaida, the African philosophical framework in which it was created. Kawaida philosophy is a communitarian African philosophy which is an ongoing synthesis of the best of African thought and practice in constant exchange with the world.

Here are a few quotes from Karenga demonstrating Kawaida's underlying socialism/marxism:

Kawaida and its Critics by M. Ron Karenga - Journal of Black Studies, December 1977. Section: Kawaida: Toward A Nationalist-Socialist Synthesis:

Regardless of its critics, Kawaida is, above all, a revolutionary project in process, an audacious and terribly ambitious attempt to synthesize and realize the best of nationalist and socialist thought."

"Kawaida recognizes no pope or Vatican for socialism, accepts no group, state or party's claim to a monopoly on Marxism's or socialism's contribution to human knowledge and practice..."

"Kawaida is critical socialism as opposed to a dogmatic socialism..."

"In an attempt to synthesize the best of nationalist and socialist throught, Kawaida poses and attempts to answer the question of the relationship between national liberation and socialist liberation. Kawaida argues that national liberation and socialist liberation are and are not the same thing at the same time."

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Ron Everett (aka. Maulana Karenga) / US Links

The Black Panthers and the Police: A Pattern of Genocide? - NEW YORKER MAGAZINE - February 13, 1971 (Includes great detail of the murders committed by Karenga's thugs)

PBS Interview with black radical Ron Everett (aka Maulana Karenga) - the guy that invented Kwanzaa 5 years before being sent to prison for torturing two young women

Ron Karenga - Dialog from the Black Radical Congress - December 1999

US, the gang that Ron Everett founded in 1965, the gang that murdered 5 members of the rival Black Panther Party is back Their website is here.

Graphic used on Official Kwanzaa Website for the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa)
Graphic used on Official US Website (US is Karenga's Gang that Murdered Members and Leaders of Rival Gangs) as their logo

In fact, the Official Kwanzaa Website admits the linkage of Kwanzaa to the violent US gang by posting the US Logo right on their Kwanzaa: Roots and Branches page along with the damning admission:

First, Kwanzaa was created to reaffirm and restore our rootedness in African culture. It is, therefore, an expression of recovery and reconstruction of African culture which was being conducted in the general context of the Black Liberation Movement of the '60's and in the specific context of The Organization Us, the founding organization of Kwanzaa and the authoritative keeper of its tradition.

The two members of the US gang who murdered the two Panthers after they dissed Karenga at a Black Studies meeting on the UCLA campus were Larry and George Stiner. Both were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. They escaped in 1974. Larry turned himself in to the FBI in 1994, but George Stiner is still at large. He is on California's 10 Most Wanted list which can be found here. There is also and International Crime Alert on this fugitive who is considered armed and extremely dangerous here.

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Afrocentrism Links

Clarence Walker Encourages Black Americans to Discard Afrocentrism

Pride & Prejudice by Dinesh D'Souza, Vol. 6, American Enterprise, 09-01-1995, pp 51 (Google Cached Version)

Fighting Fiction With Fact by Mary Lefkowitz (Google Cached Version)

Fallacies of Afrocentrism - Grover Furr

The Skeptics Dictionary - Afrocentrism

TEACHING REVERSE RACISM A strange doctrine of black superiority is finding its way into schools and colleges

The Skeptics Dictionary Review of Mary Lefkowitz' Book "Not Out Of Africa"

Review of Mary Lefkowitz' Books on Afrocentrism Myth "Not Out Of Africa" and "Black Athena Revisited"

The Trap of Ethnic Identity - New York Times - Jan 1997

AFROCENTRISM The Argument We're Really Having

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Oh, my. That's a left fist!

How apropos.