Do you know what Kwanzaa is?

[Lief 🗽]

A fake holiday that blatantly rips off Christmas and Hanukkah.  I have nothing against celebrating black culture, but isn't that why we have Black History month in February?

Yes, there's no need to celebrate black history or culture in any of the other 11 months.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

A fake holiday that blatantly rips off Christmas and Hanukkah.  I have nothing against celebrating black culture, but isn't that why we have Black History month in February?

Yes, there's no need to celebrate black history or culture in any of the other 11 months.

Oldiesfreak seems like one of those who would complain about the lack of a "White History Month".

[bedstuy]

A fake holiday that blatantly rips off Christmas and Hanukkah.  I have nothing against celebrating black culture, but isn't that why we have Black History month in February?

Nobody is asking you to celebrate Kwanzaa.  If you showed up at someone's kwanzaa celebration in Oakland or Cabrini Green, I think they would ask you to leave.  Kwanzaa is a black holiday for black people.  The idea is not that black people want you to celebrate their culture, they reject your culture and want to create their own. 

The way mormonism is bottom-up folk-theology, attempting to create a sense of identity for a group of people in America, Kwanzaa is folk-ethnic nationalism.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

A fake holiday that blatantly rips off Christmas and Hanukkah.  I have nothing against celebrating black culture, but isn't that why we have Black History month in February?

Who do you know who actually observes Black History Month in any meaningful way, other than some but not all or even most public schools?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Only about 12% of blacks celebrate Kwanzaa per the most recent study on it so yeah, kind of a joke holiday. Dont see how it can be called a ripoff of Christmas and Hannukah though as it has nothing in common besides being held around the same time of year. For that matter Christmas and Hannukah have little in common besides time of the year at that.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

A fake holiday that blatantly rips off Christmas and Hanukkah.  I have nothing against celebrating black culture, but isn't that why we have Black History month in February?

Yes, there's no need to celebrate black history or culture in any of the other 11 months.

Oldiesfreak seems like one of those who would complain about the lack of a "White History Month".

I don't care if there's a White History Month.  And if people want to celebrate Kwanzaa, then that's their right as Americans, and I respect that.  It's not for me, though.

[bedstuy]

A fake holiday that blatantly rips off Christmas and Hanukkah.  I have nothing against celebrating black culture, but isn't that why we have Black History month in February?

Yes, there's no need to celebrate black history or culture in any of the other 11 months.

Oldiesfreak seems like one of those who would complain about the lack of a "White History Month".

I don't care if there's a White History Month.  And if people want to celebrate Kwanzaa, then that's their right as Americans, and I respect that.  It's not for me, though.

That's the whole point of kwanzaa.  It's for black folks.  White people don't and aren't supposed to celebrate kwanzaa.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

A fake holiday that blatantly rips off Christmas and Hanukkah.  I have nothing against celebrating black culture, but isn't that why we have Black History month in February?

Yes, there's no need to celebrate black history or culture in any of the other 11 months.

Oldiesfreak seems like one of those who would complain about the lack of a "White History Month".

I don't care if there's a White History Month.  And if people want to celebrate Kwanzaa, then that's their right as Americans, and I respect that.  It's not for me, though.

That's the whole point of kwanzaa.  It's for black folks.  White people don't and aren't supposed to celebrate kwanzaa.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

A fake holiday that blatantly rips off Christmas and Hanukkah.  I have nothing against celebrating black culture, but isn't that why we have Black History month in February?

Yes, there's no need to celebrate black history or culture in any of the other 11 months.

Oldiesfreak seems like one of those who would complain about the lack of a "White History Month".

I don't care if there's a White History Month.  And if people want to celebrate Kwanzaa, then that's their right as Americans, and I respect that.  It's not for me, though.

That's the whole point of kwanzaa.  It's for black folks.  White people don't and aren't supposed to celebrate kwanzaa.

"Kill the White Man! Kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill his babies! Kill his white babies! Kill!"-Momma Lookaboobooday.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

That's the whole point of kwanzaa.  It's for black folks.  White people don't and aren't supposed to celebrate kwanzaa.

So should only Irish celebrate St. Patrick's Day?  Should only Germans celebrate Octoberfest?  Should only Mexicans celebrate Cinco De Mayo?  (As for the last one, I understand why the French wouldn't join in the festivities.)

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

A fake holiday that blatantly rips off Christmas and Hanukkah.  I have nothing against celebrating black culture, but isn't that why we have Black History month in February?

Yes, there's no need to celebrate black history or culture in any of the other 11 months.

Oldiesfreak seems like one of those who would complain about the lack of a "White History Month".

I don't care if there's a White History Month.  And if people want to celebrate Kwanzaa, then that's their right as Americans, and I respect that. It's not for me, though.

That's the whole point of kwanzaa.  It's for black folks.  White people don't and aren't supposed to celebrate kwanzaa.

so your defense of Kwanzaa is that it's racist?

edit: oh, totally misread the connotation of your posts.

[bedstuy]

That's the whole point of kwanzaa.  It's for black folks.  White people don't and aren't supposed to celebrate kwanzaa.

So should only Irish celebrate St. Patrick's Day?  Should only Germans celebrate Octoberfest?  Should only Mexicans celebrate Cinco De Mayo?  (As for the last one, I understand why the French wouldn't join in the festivities.)

No.  But, correct me if I'm wrong, kwanzaa is a holiday born out of black nationalism.  That isn't an ideology interested in multiculturalism.  I know some of these people because I live in a black neighborhood.  It's essentially a clique of a few 50-70 year old black folks who want to complain about how bad white people are and pay lip service to some bastardized version of African culture.  I honestly do think this type of ideology is essentially racist, parochial and pointless. 

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

A fake holiday that blatantly rips off Christmas and Hanukkah.  I have nothing against celebrating black culture, but isn't that why we have Black History month in February?

Yes, there's no need to celebrate black history or culture in any of the other 11 months.

Oldiesfreak seems like one of those who would complain about the lack of a "White History Month".

I don't care if there's a White History Month.  And if people want to celebrate Kwanzaa, then that's their right as Americans, and I respect that.  It's not for me, though.

That's the whole point of kwanzaa.  It's for black folks.  White people don't and aren't supposed to celebrate kwanzaa.

The vast majority of blacks don't celebrate it either.

[Goldwater]

Honestly, no, I don't really know much about it. But I don't like most of the little bit that I have heard about it...

[ZuWo]

Never heard of it before I found this thread.

[TJ in Oregon]

Never heard of it before I found this thread.

It's a random tidbit American children are taught in school in the name of multiculturalism. At least when I was little we were taught "The Holidays" are Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa (I suppose nowdays we'd have to add the Winter Solstace and Festivus). Strangely they tend to generally leave out that almost no one actually celebrates Kwanzaa.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

If Festivus should be taught in school, then so should Talk Like A Pirate Day. Both of those are fake internet holidays. Kwanzaa is a fake real life holiday.