am the first to ask a question in this section ever, what you think about that?

Question

unfortunately dont know what to say.
When did Kwanzaa start, year?

Answer 1

i'd say your wrong....someone already asked something about it yeasturday!!!

Answer 2

Kwanzaa was 1st celebrated on Dec.26, 1996 to Jan. 1, 1997.

Answer 3

Kwanzaa was created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor, Department of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach, author and scholar-activist who stresses the indispensable need to preserve, continually revitalize and promote African American culture.

It is important to note Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday, not a religious one, thus available to and practiced by Africans of all religious faiths who come together based on the rich, ancient and varied common ground of their Africanness.

The below website has everything you want to know about Kwanzaa. Some families use it in place of celebrating Christmas. I haven't sent a Christmas card to anyone in about 15 years. Christmas is indeed a pagan holiday and has nothing to do with the Birth of Jesus. It was moved to that day by man -- Jesus was acutally born in the springtime -- you don't herd sheep in the winter.

Answer 4

1966

Answer 5

Kwanzaa is a contrived holiday, created by a former Black Panther named Ron Karenga in 1966 during the "black power" movement, designed to give blacks their own unique holiday to compete with the supposed "white" holiday of Christmas (which everyone had been just fine with, regardless of race, for hundreds of years before). There has been worldwide criticism of Kwanzaa's authenticity and relevance, by blacks and non blacks alike, and of the motivations of its founder, Karenga.

From Wikipedia:(editorial comments in parentheses)
Some criticize Kwanzaa because it is not a traditional holiday of African people, and because of its recent provenance, having been invented in 1966. Black civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson wrote, "...the whole holiday is made up! You won't find its roots in Africa or anywhere else.". The origins of Kwanzaa, however, are not secret, and are openly acknowledged (but only if pressed) by those promoting the holiday. It was never advanced as an indigenous, African celebration. (but has been since then by the misguided and those with a hidden social or political agenda)

Other criticisms center on Karenga’s criminal record, including time spent in jail for crimes against blacks, such as felonious assault and false imprisonment, which some critics, among them Les Kinsolving and William J. Bennetta, feel detract from Karenga’s claim that he created Kwanzaa to celebrate and strengthen the unity of black people.
Christian freelance writer, Carlotta Morrow, uses Karenga's own writings on her website to show his contradictions and true reasons for creating Kwanzaa. She writes that Karenga claims Kwanzaa was created as an alternative to Christmas in his early writings, but contradicts himself in his most recent writings by saying that Kwanzaa is not an alternative.

William Norman Grigg noted the seven-branch candle holder, the "Kinara," was not used in African traditions, and suggested a symbol of Judaism, the Menorah, was borrowed to match the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

(Bottom Line- this is a totally contrived, politically motivated holiday that no one celebrated, ever, until retail merchandisers, leftist politicians, and the politically-correct liberal media found a way to exploit it for their own gain. It has absolutely nothing to do with African heritage; Africans themselves didn't celebrate Kwanzaa, because there was no such thing as Kwanzaa... and this is not just an opinion, nor is it racism; it's an established fact that you can easily research yourself. It is generally "celebrated" today only by those politically correct african-americans who are immersed in the hyper-racially-sensitive branch of their culture, and/or school children who are being taught a sanitized version of its history which promotes it in a false light. Most adult blacks over the age of 20 have no idea of the history of the "holiday", nor do most younger blacks know why they are even celebrating it, other than what's been spoon fed to them by their leaders, and the media...and that's assuming they even do celebrate it....latest statistical estimates put it at about 1.6 percent, which is probably high.)

Answer 6

Congratulations, you win the prized Kwanzaa doll.

Answer 7

No you are not the first.

Answer 8

Well, maybe ur the first today..I see alot more open ques. in this section, their just a few hrs old tho. But it is my first time here ever, what do u think about that?

:-)

Answer 9

all i have to say is that that may be due to the fact that Kwanzaa is not as popular as other holidays.

Answer 10

kwanzaa is a stupid, fake, made-up holiday that's more insulting to black people than anything else.

Answer 11

Actually, You're not. Click the "Discover" and "Vote" tabs, there are hundreds.