Uh, there are several Latin American holidays celebrated in this country. The most significant ones that I can think of are Cinqo de Mayo, and Peurto Rican national day. The differnce here is that most descendants of slaves are robbed of any sense of national heritage. Not that Kwanzaa is the answer, but if blacks want some sort of heritage holiday, I won't deny them that. Personally, I am of Irish, Scottish, German, and American descent, and I don't celebrate any national holiday. But plenty of people do.
But that's not what I was talking about. You asked what great accomplishments Africa has produced in the last millenia. I think that's an ignorant question. Africa is imporverished culturally and economically because of geography, not because of any inherent superiority of those who settled America.
I never mentioned inherent superiority of those who settled America. My point was that the predominant cultures in Africa are destructive and have little or no redeeming value. It has nothing to do with racial or ethnic differences, it is all about culture and attitudes. My point was that celebrating "African" (in this case faux African) culture and values is idiotic given that nothing significant of any redeeming value has come from Africa in at least the last millenia. Why celebrate and attempt to preserve failed cultures while living amongst the most successful and free cultures in the history of the planet?
BARBRA STREISAND!
Advancements of culture come when freedom and capitalism arrive. Geography and even natural resources are much less important factors.
America isn't great because of geography. It's because we are free.