Kwanzaa Traditions?

Question

Is it true that during Kwanza a black santa comes to your house and steals your presents?

Answer 1

Kwanzaa or Kwanzaboth: kwän′ zə, secular seven-day festival in celebration of the African heritage of African Americans, beginning on Dec. 26. Developed by Maulana Karenga and first observed in 1966, Kwanzaa is based in part on traditional African harvest festivals but particularly emphasizes the role of the family and community in African-American culture. Each day is dedicated to a particular principle (unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith), and on each day one of the candles on a seven-branched candelabrum is lighted. The celebration also includes the giving of gifts and a karamu, or African feast.

Ron Karenga created Kwanzaa in California in 1966, during his leadership of the black nationalist United Slaves Organization (also known as the "US Organization"), in order to give African Americans an alternative holiday to Christmas. He later stated, "...it was chosen to give a Black alternative to the existing holiday and give Blacks an opportunity to celebrate themselves and history, rather than simply imitate the practice of the dominant society."

There has been criticism of Kwanzaa's authenticity and relevance, and of the motivations of its founder, Karenga.
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 by those promoting the holiday. It was never advanced as an indigenous, African celebration.
Some are concerned that Christians who choose to celebrate Kwanzaa are diluting their love for Christ. In contrast, the African American Cultural Center considers Kwanzaa not a religious holiday, but a cultural one which does not require people to compromise their religious beliefs.
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. There is, however, a history of blacks in Judaism, going back to at least the time of Sheba. Also, historically for African-Americans, the Exodus, the "going forth" of the Children of Israel, has served as a metaphor for their struggle as a people.
There are those who regard much of the antagonism toward and derision of Kwanzaa on the part of non-blacks as a symptom of anti-black animus or racism. When President George W. Bush extended Kwanzaa greetings to the African-American community in a holiday message in 2005, conservative columnist and commentator Ann Coulter responded with a controversial ditty, which the Huffington Post called "racist", to the tune of "Jingle Bells": "Kwanzaa Bells, Dashikis Sell, Whitey Has To Pay; Burning, Shooting, Oh What Fun On This Made-Up Holiday!"

Answer 2

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