Black NTers: Did you or are you currently celebrating Kwanzaa?

[cobra kai]

[color= rgb(255, 0, 255)]I didn't, don't really believe in it, think it's kinda fake... Icelebrate Christmas

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[color= rgb(255, 0, 255)]Discuss...[/color]

 

[kicksgetmehigh]

ITS FAKE...

My parents are from Africa and they never heard of such foolishness until they came here.

 

[ratxaxtat]

nope.

 

[produccionfrescos]

 

[antonlavey]

Again I ask, what is Kwanzaa?

 

[rocman23]

Krazy Kawnza, anywho it always seemed like a shame to me. I'm half African and ppl have asked me since Im african do I celebrate Kwanza and I politelyinform their ignorant $@*%@ that kwanza was invinting in America nad is a celebration practiced here, not in Africa

 

[jjsrf]

this is a relic of the whole black unitity movement...

if you Christian what the big problem with celebrating Christmas??

 

[sylvestermcgrizzly]

nah...im not african

 

[mrscampbellakasarahlee]

No I don't celebrate it…I think its BS.

 

[ericberry14]

Originally Posted by rocman23

Krazy Kawnza, anywho it always seemed like a shame to me. I'm half African and ppl have asked me since Im african do I celebrate Kwanza and I politely inform their ignorant $@*%@ that kwanza was invinting in America nad is a celebration practiced here, not in Africa

good lord your grammar is atrocious

 

[antonlavey]

Originally Posted by SylvesterMcGrizzly

nah...im not african

Kwanzaa is not an "African" holiday

.......I mean I can speakfor Nigeria but I'm sure Kwanzaa is an African American thing. But what exactly does it celebrate?

 

[tmukg21]

Originally Posted by jjsrf


this is a relic of the whole black unitity movement...

if you Christian what the big problem with celebrating Christmas??

QFT

 

[urbenyouth]

I think it's just a joke to see how many people they can trick into believing it's an actual holiday. And every time some store displays "HappyKwanzaa", they get a laugh out of it

When I say "they", I mean the people who created it.

 

[jwm]

nope and i don't know anyone else that's black that celebrates it

 

[og_Rodney]

Kwanzaa wack as !#!@. I didn't know it was a made-up holiday until college. I asked my homegirl from Kenya what she was doing for Kwanzaa and she looked atme like I had !%!@-slapped her. I never celebrated it before that, but then I just lost respect for the whole thing.

 

[cobra kai]

It was created by Ron Karenga and was [color= rgb(255, 0, 255)]first celebrated from December 26, 1966, to January 1, 1967.[/color]

 

[jjsrf]

fun story about last day of work last tuesday

bosslady on the way out the door to me and my co-workers: "Bye you guys, have a safe and merry Christmas"
*sees me* "or Kwanzaa"
*sees my face* "or hanukkah or whatever you guys celebrate

lol i gave my first real life stoneface... its fun being the token black guy at work

 

[marv machamp]

When I was little I asked my mom why we don't celebrate Kwanzaa?

She gave me a

and kept it movin ...I was like

Didn't matter... Gumbo,Dreamcast, Bikes, PS1 and N64 >>>> Candles or whatever.

 

[nktran001]

Originally Posted by Cobra Kai

It was created by Ron Karenga and was [color= rgb(255, 0, 255)]first celebrated from December 26, 1966, to January 1, 1967.[/color]

 

[worldbeefreeg]

******ed @@! holiday

 

[jaguar51]

Have before when I was younger ... unfortunately not recently

 

[lrrr]

Originally Posted by tmukg21

Originally Posted by jjsrf


this is a relic of the whole black unitity movement...

if you Christian what the big problem with celebrating Christmas??

QFT

Jesus wasnt born in December.

 

[lesfamilia]

Was just discussing this last week with my brother's girlfriend, who is actually from Ghana. We were saying how we don't know anyone in our circles offriends and family that celebrate Kwanzaa...

 

[methedy24]

 

[jimmybeanz]

lots of ignorant or young people on this thread. the intent of creating kwanzaa was to start building black/african/colored/negro/whatever american traditions.when you look at people of hispanic, asian, native american, etc. descent, they still have traditions that they practice (Chinese New Year, Aarti, Día de losMuertos, etc). christmas was originally a religious holiday that devolved (for some people) into a retail holy day; i.e., worship of materialism/worldlypossessions.

kwanzaa is not about religon. it's about spirtuality, family, and community. you can practice any religion (christianity, judaism, islam, etc) andcelebrate kwanzaa.

for the record, i don't celebrate kwanzaa or christmas.