Anyone actually celebrate Kwanzaa?

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Anonymous wrote:Somehow I'm not surprised that the DH of a woman who isn't black doesn't celebrate Kwaanza.

And find it a joke. Amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:Kwanzaa was started by Ron Karenga, a member of a black nationalist group. He was sentenced to prison for torturing a female member of the group. The religion celebrates the Seven Principles of Blackness, so it would be really pretty hilarious if a white person were to celebrate it.

He was convicted of torturing a woman in his group and then people celebrate he invented? That is pretty sick.

Not too far off from the Mormons.

Or the "prophet" mohammed and his 9yr old bride.

Or the 12 yr old virgin Mary

But was she really a virgin

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Anonymous wrote:Kwanzaa was started by Ron Karenga, a member of a black nationalist group. He was sentenced to prison for torturing a female member of the group. The religion celebrates the Seven Principles of Blackness, so it would be really pretty hilarious if a white person were to celebrate it.

He was convicted of torturing a woman in his group and then people celebrate he invented? That is pretty sick.

Not too far off from the Mormons.

Or the "prophet" mohammed and his 9yr old bride.

Or the 12 yr old virgin Mary

But was she really a virgin

What about modern day virgin Mary births?

[Anonymous]

I am AA and have NEVER heard or known anyone AA to celebrate it in all my 46 years. We laugh about it, because we celebrate Christmas like most everyone else. White people always assume we celebrate it, but in reality, we have no clue like most of you. I wish they would just let it go and stop looking to AA's to come up with some Kwanzaa celebration. Even when I see some talk of it on TV, its by actors stretching to say, "oh its something AA celebrate". Wake up America, most of us DON'T.

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To answer the original question, my family has celebrated Kwanza in the past. I celebrated Kwanza with friends this year. It can be a very emotional and spiritual bonding for those who are of like minds. More people celebrate and or recognize Kwanza than people think. However you must be invited to celebrate the event with others. And you only celebrate this event with people who you want to share it with, as many people can be judgmental or downright ignorant, as has been shown on this thread. We will not be letting it go. And yes, we also celebrate Xmas to the extent one can separate the consumerism from the true meaning.

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Anonymous wrote:Political correct police has decided that it is being celebrated

The grammatically correct police need to make you rewrite this sentence so that readers can actually understand whatever it is you're trying to convey.

Ew. You're really gross.

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Anonymous wrote:Political correct police has decided that it is being celebrated

The grammatically correct police need to make you rewrite this sentence so that readers can actually understand whatever it is you're trying to convey.

We're talking about Kwanza so verb tense is unimportant. I think it is a great holiday for atheists and agnostics, instead of a tree they could decorate a corn stalk.

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Anonymous wrote:To answer the original question, my family has celebrated Kwanza in the past. I celebrated Kwanza with friends this year. It can be a very emotional and spiritual bonding for those who are of like minds. More people celebrate and or recognize Kwanza than people think. However you must be invited to celebrate the event with others. And you only celebrate this event with people who you want to share it with, as many people can be judgmental or downright ignorant, as has been shown on this thread. We will not be letting it go. And yes, we also celebrate Xmas to the extent one can separate the consumerism from the true meaning.

You must be invited? You can't decide to begin celebrating it on your own? And I presume finding it absurd makes one ignorant? I fail to see the point in connecting to my "African roots"--nobody in my immediate family has lived in Africa in 200 years. And certainly there are plenty of Caucasians mixed in as well, but I'm not out there celebrating Irish and German holidays, either.

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Anonymous wrote:You must be invited? You can't decide to begin celebrating it on your own? And I presume finding it absurd makes one ignorant? I fail to see the point in connecting to my "African roots"--nobody in my immediate family has lived in Africa in 200 years

sounds like you do not like your 'African roots'

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Black woman here -- we do not celebrate Kwanzaa. Pure silliness if you ask me.