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[AppyPappy]

Black leader critical of Bank of America Kwanzaa gift card

12-29-03

Posted 2:40 p.m.

CHARLOTTE (AP) — The leader of a black cultural center is encouraging blacks to protest a Bank of America Visa gift card decorated with symbols of Kwanzaa, saying the card misuses the holiday.

Gerry Chisolm, executive director of the Nubian Rootz Cultural Center of Charlotte, said the card promotes overspending by blacks.

"They are attempting to commercialize our spiritual holiday of Kwanzaa," Chisolm told a crowd of about 50 people who had gathered Sunday — the third day of Kwanzaa — at the main branch of the local library for a presentation on black burial grounds.

"We feel it is urgent enough to bring to your intelligent attention."

"Ishay," the crowd responded, a term for affirmation in an African dialect.

[AppyPappy]

"We feel it is urgent enough to bring to your intelligent attention."

As opposed to your unintelligent attention??

[Petronski]

"They are attempting to commercialize our spiritual holiday of Kwanzaa..."

You just made me spew the last cup of coffee left in the pot!

[liberallyconservative]

*ping*

[fso301]

Gerry Chisolm, executive director of the Nubian Rootz Cultural Center of Charlotte, said the card promotes overspending by blacks.

Why is it that those of West African decent choose East African names to identify with?

[Petronski]

Nubian Rootz

LOLROFRFI!

[JustAnAmerican]

Personally I loathe Bank Of America. These PC appeasing scum should go out of business for good. First "Press one for Spanish", then "Maticular card exceptance" now "I Kwanna make up a holiday". The sooner they go belly up the better.

[farmfriend]

You know there is just no pleasing some people. It doesn't matter what you do, somebody is going to complain about it.

[bcoffey]

You know there is just no pleasing some people. It doesn't matter what you do, somebody is going to complain about it.

Exactly. I fault the paper for confusing "criticism" with "news."

[scan58]

omg...You just can't please some people.
Oh well, I'm for deleting the cards all together, anyway. Let's just pretend like it was before Ron Everett invented it.

[End Times Sentinel]

"They are attempting to commercialize our spiritual holiday of Kwanzaa,"

 

I agree with Brother Chisholm of the Nubian Rootz Cultural Center.  This is a gross attempt to commercialize an honored and respected holiday.

 

Can't we keep it real and remember, it's all about Umoja?

 

... and the corn!

[mhking]

Spiritual, my a$$.

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[NotchJohnson]

Is Kwanzaa the holiday brought over by the slaves several hunfred years ago? It is amazing how that has survived.

[chemicalman]

When did Kwanza become a holiday?

[HamiltonJay]

SPIRITUAL?

A "holiday" made up by some guy whos convicted of raping and sexually abusing women, that was meant as a firestorm for black seperatism is not a SPIRITUAL HOLIDAY! Its a sham!

[MEG33]

My son would go belly up and he's survived about 4 bank name,ownership changes!

[pfflier]

"They are attempting to commercialize our spiritual holiday of Kwanzaa,"

By promoting spending of plastic money on a fictional holiday?

[farmfriend]

executive director of the Nubian Rootz Cultural Center

I can't figure why someone concerned with African Culture would even care about this modernday made up holiday.

[scan58]

no

[TrebleRebel]

Geez, Nubian Rootz, Swahili terms, West African descendants.....exactly WHEN do they expect to be taken seriously?

[PistolPaknMama]

If they hadn't issued the "kwanzaa" card, they'd be be complaining. They should have issued it with the picture of that girl that the ex-con doofus tortued. That would set 'em off.