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Originally posted by hoosier
Nobody ever ennobled a people with a lie or restored stolen dignity through fraud. Kwanzaa is the ultimate chump holiday -- Jim Crow with a false and festive wardrobe.
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Even if you agree with this reallly outrageous statement -- who cares?
The date of Christ's birth is unknown -- but someone decided to celebrate it on December 25th.
The day coming up this weekend is one of at least three "New Years" I can think of with hardly any thought at all.
Easter is a day, celebrated on a different date every year, that huge numbers of people around the world might call a chump holiday because they don't believe in Jesus.
Simply because I, having been raised in a Christian home, celebrate those days, doesn't mean that everything is exactly correct from a historical perspective. I can't trace my family tree to anywhere close to Jerusalem or Bethlehem. Does that mean I'm stupid for celebrating Christmas, Easter and this particular New Year which is built around Christ's birth?
So, why shouldn't those who so choose celebrate Kwanzaa? To not choose to celebrate a holiday does not necessarily make one a racist (I don't like to bandy that word around lightly which is often done) -- to belittle ones who do celebrate whatever heritage they choose, may be racist, though.
Generally, I believe that the tenants upon which this country were founded should clash harshly with the article quoted above because one of those tenants is freedom to believe in and celebrate all different and diverse (only slightly redundant, I think) cultures and beliefs. It is a direct attack. Why write it and why quote it?
Is Kwanzaa somehow threatening? Not to most of us.