does anyone really celebrate kawanza?

[Guest mr. teh awesome]

or is it just a way for black people to make fun of jews?

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

You don't need a pseudo-holiday to make fun of Jews. Any time is a good time.

 

I heard on RIGHT-WING RADIO a while back that the guy who created Kwanza was a real piece of work and went to jail for a number of things...

[Papacita 0]

I celebrated it a while back, but never consistantly. I was honestly never too big on it.

[Nighthawk 0]

What does celebrating it consist of, anyway?

[Papacita 0]

Mostly revolves around these 7 principles called the Nguzo Saba, with one day dedicated to each principle (i.e. day one is Umoja, which means unity, day two for Kujichagulia--self determination, and so on). A candle is lit for each day of the celebration, and I think there's some gift-giving involved as well, although we never really got into that aspect of it since we celebrated christmas (which I'm also not big on these days) too.

[Nighthawk 0]

Ah, so it's actually closer to Chanukah.

[Papacita 0]

Basically...

[MrRant 0]

But black people aren't good with money.

 

Now I'm confused.

[Guest mr. teh awesome]

what is it with minorities and pizzas?

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

The traditional gift is a "What the Heck is Kwanza?" book, correct? Kwanzabot has been handing those out for several hundred years... or will be a few hundred years from now, I guess.

[The Metal Maniac 0]

You know, the principles of Kwanza are based more on Marxism then they are anything African, and some of the symbols used (like corn) aren't even native to Africa.