But English is being used more and more. I work with a guy that came from Eritrea. Next to Sudan. He has the darkest skin color imaginable and is a Christian. Black Americans don't have much of a connection to Africa anymore. Similarly, I don't have a connection to Germany, Scotland and Russia because it's not the culture that made an adult out of me.
This is actually turning into a serious dicussion, which I did not intend....I merely posted the article without comment, because it speaks for itself. As usual, however, many of the genius freepers offered side-splittingly hilarious commentary.
Now for the serious part.
Kzanzaa is really almost a parody of liberalism, which above all else, fails to comprehend a) the human person and b) the nature of culture (politics being on aspect of culture).
As already pointed out, the idea of creating a holiday which has no organic link to a civilization, which does not already permeate through society in some way (even in a cheap and commercialized way, ie, Valentine's Day) is culturally insane.
Also as already pointed out, even the fabricated historical elements of the holiday are non-existent. Even a small amount of investigatin should convince someone of this. But obviously that is not their game. This is about ideology.
The holiday also suggests something sad and tragic about the few who shockingly celebrate this in America today. The sickening life of the founder has been noted. Who would want to be part of this? It also does seem to suggest that celebrants of Kzanzaa want to be at the table during December. Covetousness is not a sign of a healthy culture, which is why the two religions who have real holidays acknowledge that it is forbidden in the Decalogue.
The idea of a current, contemporary American subculture which is seeking some sort of tradition from "Africa" which is not European, not Christian, not religious, etc. is sort of a concentrated statement of liberalism. All in all, I'm glad we have Kwanzaa to kick around because its existence reminds us of exactly what liberalism is about.