kwanzaa Options

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Do you view Kwanzaa as a real holiday, or a joke?

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Well, it's not even an African holiday. It was made by Ron Karenga (a Black militant and convicted felon) in the 60's. Fewer than 2% celebrate it.

Also, Kwanzaa is not compatible with all African cultures, especially with North Africa, which practices Islam. Actually, it attempts to reject the other religious holidays.

Kwanzaa teaches the seven principles of blackness (I'm not even kidding). It is also evident of Karenga's marxist views.

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Well, it's not even an African holiday. It was made by Ron Karenga (a Black militant and convicted felon) in the 60's. Fewer than 2% celebrate it.

Also, Kwanzaa is not compatible with all African cultures, especially with North Africa, which practices Islam. Actually, it attempts to reject the other religious holidays.

Kwanzaa teaches the seven principles of blackness (I'm not even kidding). It is also evident of Karenga's marxist views.

Of course it's not an African holiday, Ron Karenga in an African American. Kwanzaa is NOT viewed as a religious practice, it is about culture. Cultures can embrace more than one religion. I didn't realize the validity of Kwanzaa, or any other celebration, was based on popularity polls.

The seven principles of blackness have validity across all cultures. The primary purpose of naming the principles was to empower the BLACK community. The naming of these principles was done in response to Karenga's negative views of western religion with respect to the BLACK community. As for being a convicted felon, Malcom X was as well. He served his time and has as much right as any other person to reenter society. That fact in no way invalidated his leadership among the African American community. If you read Karenga's biography, he also has 2 doctorate degrees, written several books, chaired CSULA's Dept. of Black Studies and was involved in the establishment of the Milliion Man March.