I am Black. I need folks to understand that "Kwanzaa" is something made up by an ex-con as part of his scheme to have something to talk about on tour. It is NOT a real holiday. Why are black folk getting hoodwinked into embracing this? And why does Hallmark make "Happy Kwanzaa" cards??
2007-11-10 00:07:07 · 9 answers · asked by XmasQueenie 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
I am white, I have been to a few Kwanzaa celebrations (2 in-home, 1 at reception site) and it seemed real enough to me.
Food and fellowship are the real hallmarks of a holiday, and they are tangible in some Kwanzaa celebrations.
There are many holidays I don't celebrate (Teacher's Day, Rosh Hosannah, Ramadan among them) but this doesn't mean they don't exist.
In my world view, a holiday exists when I see it celebrated.
2007-11-10 00:19:55 · answer #1 · answered by noname 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Almost all holidays were made up by someone in the past. I don't see anything unique here. Celebrate it or not is a personal decision since this is not a federal holiday.
To me, any day that give people joy and hurt no one else is a good thing to have. Turning just about everything into money making opportunity is an American thing.
2007-11-10 00:20:52 · answer #2 · answered by tkquestion 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Kwanzaa has been adopted as a celebration of the African American Family.
There is a such thing because people have made it so. Holidays only have as much significance as you give them. Allow others their celebration.
2007-11-10 00:14:19 · answer #3 · answered by blueink 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
well kwanza is only something I have heard of in the USA no where else....but I just wanted to ilaberate on sue naumy racist remark...so id she saying only blacks have baby's daddy's...I know mnay white women who have baby's daddy's with different men as well...that is not a race thing it is how many women find that their way of life.
I Am not american and where I live blacks do not celebrate kwanzaa
2007-11-10 00:13:49 · answer #4 · answered by just me 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Aren't all holidays made up in the first place?
2007-11-10 00:16:26 · answer #5 · answered by The Bassline Libertine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I respect your opinion but...
...look at the positives of Kwanzaa. I don't actively celebrate it, but I do appreciate its principles, and that it doesn't involve commercialism. I'm for anything that builds more than it destroys.
2007-11-10 00:12:55 · answer #6 · answered by SoulDawg 4 UGA 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I don't understand it either, and realize it's a made-up holiday, and a very overdone one at that.
2007-11-10 00:12:40 · answer #7 · answered by N L 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess everybody loves a party.
2007-11-10 00:15:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kwanza gifts:
Bucket o Chicken
Bail money
Paternity test for my baby daddy
Driver's License in-a-can
Anti cop running shoes
2007-11-10 00:11:29 · answer #9 · answered by Sue Naumy 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋