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To: okstate

Here is a sample of the bias. This portion of the article is supposedly addressing the concenrs many have about the holiday. However it is very slanted (and even has a crappy style).



Controversies

Kwanzaa is a holiday not without controversy(better: Kwanzaa is controversial), as various segments of American society challenge it on grounds of its authenticity and relevance (Better:and some question its claimed authenticity). Some criticize the appropriation of the Jewish menorah, which is renamed the Kinara in Kwanzaa. Although it has established a hold in American society, it is often attacked by proxy through its founder, a convicted felon who has a checkered past (Better: Many note that the founders is a felon, marxist and former leader of a violent black seperatist organization.). According to Camille Jackson, Staff Writer at www.Tolerance.org, this is done as a means to undermine its powerful message (bloggers are not to be quoted per wikipedia policy). Author Sara McGill sums it up most succinctly, in her book Kwanzaa (2005), when she says (This entire section is not addressing the controversy, it is praising Kwanzaa as wonderful and criticism as ignorance),

..."While the observance of Kwanzaa has spread to other countries, there are many people of African descent who do not know the purpose of Kwanzaa or how to celebrate it. Others refuse to celebrate Kwanzaa because it is not a true African tradition. Yet, for the millions who observe it, the holiday emphasizes the strength of African history and the beauty of African culture" (Jackson, p. 2).


10 posted on 12/30/2005 12:20:17 AM PST by Notwithstanding (I love my German shepherd - Benedict XVI reigns!)
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To: Notwithstanding

Calling that style of writing 'crappy' is way too kind. That is some of the most atrocious writing I have read in a long time (other than DU).


20 posted on 12/30/2005 4:07:40 AM PST by Jackknife ( "I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father'." —Will Rogers)
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