Black Washington Post Columnist Dismisses ‘Made-Up Black Holiday’ Kwanzaa

mediate ^ | Nov. 14, 2014 | Eddie Scarry

[PROCON]

Jonathan Capehart, liberal Washington Post columnist and MSNBC contributor, happens to be black and he thinks Kwanzaa is sort of a crock.

Kwanzaa is the African-centric celebratory season taking place between Christmas and the New Year, originally created by a guy who lived in Maryland.

The “holiday” receives a lot of marketing attention for politically correct reasons but very few black Americans actually observe it.

Capehart writes:

[PROCON]

Capehart says Kwanzaa is a “made-up black holiday” and doesn’t know a single person who celebrates it

[reg45]

And the number of Africans in Africa who celebrate Kwanzaa is even less than in the United States.

[icwhatudo]

It was made up to attack Christmas by a convicted sex felon.

[colorado tanker]

Black Americans are overwhelmingly Christian. I doubt any but a tiny percentage really celebrate this faux holiday.

[Jim Noble]

Only white female public school teachers celebrate it.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“I doubt any but a tiny percentage really celebrate this faux holiday.”

They prefer Festivus!

[Politicalkiddo]

That and Cinco de Mayo.

[PROCON]

[laweeks]

originally created by a communist guy who lived in Maryland.

Wasn't he also a commie too? This Kwansaa crap is about at genuine as the afros that were so popular years ago that no self-respecting Negro in Africa wore anywhere.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Clearly this person is not black, just blackish white. And a racist.

[MeshugeMikey]

Karenga’s Invention is ALL about SOCIALISM

“Kawaida philosophy is a communitarian African philosophy which is an ongoing synthesis of the best of African thought and practice in constant exchange with the world.”

http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/7principles.shtml

ahaha COMMUNITARIAN...communism..

[colorado tanker]

For the rest of us!

[SpaceBar]

Who isn’t filled with the holiday spirit on finding an extension cord or soldering iron in their Kwanzaa stocking hanging over the fire place?

[Rodamala]

[SpaceBar]

the straight dope...

The Monster Who Made Up Kwanzaa

[Sergio]

bkmk

[Old Yeller]

Only white female public school teachers celebrate it.

Like Mrs. Morello.

[ntnychik]

(Only white female public school teachers celebrate it.)

I was an invited guest to a school international festival, seated for dinner at a table with a young black girl and her family. She gave the presentation on Kwanzaa. Other students spoke about Christmas customs in various countries. When the girl returned to the table, I asked a mild question about Kwanzaa. Her mother laughed, said they’re Christians, and her daughter had been assigned Kwanzaa for her report.

The female school teachers stereotyped that girl in requiring her to do the Kwanzaa report, but they are liberals, so I guess it doesn’t matter. /s

[ExCTCitizen]

Kwanzaa a holiday made up for racial inequality.

[dfwgator]