Did you know that "Kwanzaa," that made-up holiday celebrated from December 26 through January 1, was invented by Ron N. Everett, known today as Dr. Maulana (Swahili for "master teacher") Karenga? About Kwanzaa, Karenga said:
People think it’s African. But it’s not. I wanted to give black people a holiday of their own. So I came up with Kwanzaa. I said it was African because you know black people in this country wouldn’t celebrate it if they knew it was American. Also, I put it around Christmas because I knew that’s when a lot of bloods [blacks] would be partying!
Did you know that Karenga was a founder of "United Slaves", a group that was quite similar in philosophy to the Black Panthers? The two groups had different tactics, but often competed for the same potential recruits. So an altercation was inevitable. On January 17, 1969, at a Black Student Union meeting at UCLA, Black Panther Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter was heard making derogatory comments about Karenga. Carter was shot to death. The Black Panthers swear it was preplanned.
Or that Karenga was convicted in 1971 for torturing two women? He pressed a hot soldering iron against their faces and put their fingers in a vise in an effort to get them to offer up some nonexistent "crystals" of poison. It seems that the paranoid Karenga thought he was being poisoned. Nice guy, this Kwanzaa founder.
Or that in his book The Quotable Karenga, Karenga wrote "The sevenfold path of blackness is think black, talk black, act black, create black, buy black, vote black, and live black"? Is this the source of "seven," a number seen often in Kwanzaa? It certainly explains why he wanted a black holiday.
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12 comments:
I'm a little confused about this whole black and white thing.
Blacks have their own TV stations , BET , they have their own holidays , they have their own food , they have their own president , they have their own riot leader(Sharpton), they have their own anti-government groups.
Mmmm , makes a person wonder how much ammo he should buy , nah , never mind , I got enough.
you can never have "enough"
507, the world is less confusing when you actually examine facts.
BET is not a "black" station; they are owned by Viacom (same as MTV and Nickelodeon) and make their money selling a media product whose primary customer is young white kids.
30+ years and I've never met anyone who celebrates Kwanzaa. The stats are readily available. Most blacks celebrate Christmas right along with their white counterparts.
Own food? Really?
Obama won 50%+ of the American vote; that makes him president of the entire country last I checked.
I could go on, but I think sane people already see the nonsense that you are spouting.
yes, i have known that
BET is Jewish run and even when it wasn't the entire black race didn't own it. One person did.
All holidays are made up. This one is no different. I don't believe it ever really took hold.
It was created in 1965 by Ronald Mckinley Everett of Parsonsburg, Maryland. From Wikipedia
Kwaanza is celebrated in prisons
If folks want to be separate and stand on their own two feet, amen. Our school system spends unbelievable amounts of money trying to get minority kids to behave and do some work. Cap welfare benefits at two kids and watch the improvement.
Ill stick with festivus.
kwanza is celebrated in this area every year. could never figure out why...since it was just "made up", faux...and to think, the guy who did this lives right here in Parsonsburg. amazing. again, why do the black people celebrate this faux holiday?
I don't believe Dr. King would have celebrated this faux holiday. Now he was a good man with common sense...
Dear 8:15 , get your head out of your a$$ or the sand.
Wicomico County is the home of Kwanzaa?Hilarious!
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