Do you know what Kwanzaa is?

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Do you know What Kwanzaa is?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Yes, and I don't like it.  (Not a socialist.)

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I think I have an idea, though far from a working grasp. Not too huge a fan of it, as I recall.

[Reaganfan]

Yeah some radical "holiday" from the late 1960s with Black Panther associations. Next...

[Modernity has failed us]

Yes (not racist)

[Lief 🗽]

I watched the Rugrats episode about it, yes.

[badgate]

I am familiar with the color pallette
There are candles to be lit
There is a slightly more modern looking menorah
Each candle represents a value or virtue or something

[Antonio the Sixth]

Seems like a prime example of an "invention of traditions".

Not a fan.

[Reaganfan]

Seems like a prime example of an "invention of traditions".

Not a fan.

Bless you.

[badgate]

All traditions are invented

[Lief 🗽]

All traditions are invented

Yeah, what the hell is Antonio talking about?

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I just knew it's The Obamanation's topic.

[Keystone Phil]

All traditions are invented

Yeah, what the hell is Antonio talking about?

Yeah but the issue is that this is perceived as a forces creation of a tradition just for the sake of having a competing tradition.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

All traditions are invented

Yeah, what the hell is Antonio talking about?

Yeah but the issue is that this is perceived as a forces creation of a tradition just for the sake of having a competing tradition.

Which I don't have a problem with.  It's the political agenda embedded within the holiday I find objectionable.

[Flake]

Yes (not racist)

Hate to break it to you, but you're not a racist if you don't know what a specific holiday is or what it's about.

Now if you don't know what it is and you're saying derogatory terms to the people that celebrate the holiday based on their race, religion, or the region where they came from, you might be a little racist.

[TJ in Oregon]

No. Something about candles and funny hats pretty much sums up my knowledge of it. I also don't know anyone who celebrates it who makes doing so public.

[Indy Texas]

When I was little, most of the books and videos about holiday traditions that I was exposed to at home and at school gave the impression that at the very least a majority of African Americans celebrated Kwanzaa. And not really knowing any African Americans due to the homogenous nature of my school and neighborhood when I was a young child, I assumed this was the case until I was at least a teenager. When I explained this to a black friend in college, he looked at me like I was crazy and told me he had never celebrated Kwanzaa and didn't know anyone who ever did.

[bedstuy]

I don't think more than a few people celebrate Kwanzaa. 

I live in a black neighborhood.  We still have "boycott Florida" posters up, we have a Nation of Islam office, a black Israelite office/abandoned storefront, a black nationalist Jazz club, every possible variety of black church, Marcus Garvey murals and tons of super-specific examples of black culture. 

I have never seen anything related to Kwanzaa or heard anyone talk about it.  If nobody celebrates Kwanzaa where I live, I can't imagine that anyone does.   

[Hifly]

Only in America could something so stupid have been created and celebrated (albeit by just a few people because anyone who isn't a half-wit wouldn't celebrate it).

[Flake]

Only in America could something so stupid have been created and celebrated (albeit by just a few people because anyone who isn't a half-wit wouldn't celebrate it).

And that kids, is someone being rude by attacking people who celebrate a specific holiday.

[Mordecai]

Only in America could something so stupid have been created and celebrated (albeit by just a few people because anyone who isn't a half-wit wouldn't celebrate it).

>implying more popular and culturally imbedded holidays are any less frivolous than Kwanzaa

[Reaganfan]

When I was little, most of the books and videos about holiday traditions that I was exposed to at home and at school gave the impression that at the very least a majority of African Americans celebrated Kwanzaa. And not really knowing any African Americans due to the homogenous nature of my school and neighborhood when I was a young child, I assumed this was the case until I was at least a teenager. When I explained this to a black friend in college, he looked at me like I was crazy and told me he had never celebrated Kwanzaa and didn't know anyone who ever did.

Welcome to liberalism. When I was growing up in school each year we recycled info about the underground railroad only to find it nearly irrelevant to today's events. Would have been much better off learning about WWII or the Cold War.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

I know, people need to teach more late 20th century history.

[H. Ross Peron]

Seems like a prime example of an "invention of traditions".

Not a fan.

[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?