"Patrick Danville" wrote in message
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> jim wrote:
>
>> Christmas and Hanukkah are both religious celebrations. Kwanza is a
>> recently
>> made up holiday by a black man basically to just celebrate being a
>> Afro-American. I have no problem with anyone being proud of who he is but
>> I
>> do have a problem with people being proud they are of a certain race. Had
>> this been David Duke that made a 'holiday' celebrating being White then
>> it
>> would have been soundly condemned and maybe rightfully so. I also
>> question
>> the time of the year that was chosen and feel that it was just because it
>> was Christmas. Of course I will probably be called a racist for simply
>> stating the obvious.
>
> I do not think you are a racist, but you clearly are ignorant about the
>
> origins of Kwanzaa. It is a made-up holiday by a black man in
> response to the Watts riots in Los Angeles. His goal was to instill a
> sense of responsibility and community in black youth of the era. And
> of course it was deliberately chosen to coincide with the Christmas
> season, when families are typically gathered together in celebration.
> (You may not know it, but many black people do celebrate Christmas.)
> There are seven principles of Kwanzaa, not one of which celebrates
> "being a Afro-American".
>
Hardly ignorant of it's origins. You said the same thing I did. It was made
up by a Black male for Black people! Watts was the catalyst for the
origination which involved riots that pit Black against White. I also know
well that black folks celebrate Christmas. I have many friends who are
Black, Brown, Yellow, and White. I do not choose my friends based on their
skin colour or culture, or nationality. I choose them based on who they are
and it just turns out that are pretty widespread if you look at skin colour
etc. They are all very much alike when it comes to who they are though.
Jim
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