Posted on 12/19/2008 5:51:12 AM PST by flowerplough
Lubna Muhammad has celebrated Kwanzaa for more than 30 years.
"Kwanzaa is more than a holiday--[it's] a culture that should be applied to everyday life," says Muhammad, owner of Top Shelf Plus in Newark, N.J.
Muhammad says she began observing Kwanzaa because she felt its core message spoke to both her culture and spirit.
"When you go to work, you need umoja every day--that's unity. You need unity with your coworkers," she says.
Muhammad isn't alone. More than 30 million people in America celebrate Kwanzaa, according to a spokesperson from the African American Cultural Center.
Kwanzaa, which means "first fruits of the harvest" in Swahili, was created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a professor at California State University at Long Beach, to reinforce positive values and strengthen bonds within the Black community.
But the holiday isn't just for Blacks--people of all races celebrate Kwanzaa.
(Excerpt) Read more at diversityinc.com ...
I think that’s all we need to know.
I’ve worked with a couple of men from Ghana who got a good chuckle at Kwanzaa. They refered it as a holiday for those who are “unconfortable in their own skin” .
Kwanzaa- coming soon to a White House near you
Karl, you reprobate, the Ohio Supreme Court has already ruled that you have no standing to make such demands. In fact, I dare say that your retro-attitude reeks of gender-normative, eurocentric, patriarchal, hegemonic,darwinian capitalist tendencies.
On my authority as an Obamba-naut, I order you and all your friends of like Politically Incorrect mind to have a drink at a succession of the many VFW Bars in your part of Ohio. Each day of Kwanzaa, meet at a different VFW and talk about Kwanzaa amongst yourselves. Keep doing this until the spirit of Kwanzaa overcomes the hardness of your heart, or until you are arrested.
I have it on good authority that the theory of the "Designated Driver" began during a Kwanzaa Festival long ago in Senegal
Well, I, for one, need my umoja every day. It makes the day go so much easier.
Hah!
a timely reminder of the African value practiced by Mugabe-”Igotmine”
It’s a separatist, America-hating, anti Christian/Judaism, marxist fake holiday.
Yeah.
Sure.
Bravo Sierra
Dude, my college professor made a holiday.
DUDE!
Yea, and im better looking than Brad Pitt and smarter than Albert Einstein.
I’ld rather do Festivus - for the rest of us. LOL!
Lets start the 11 days of Freepza
Remember how the Germans in the 1930’s revived ancient Nordic harvest festival concepts.
It did not turn out to be for all people.
Neither is this.
I was just telling my wife this morning that I might just shave and take a shower tonight.....just in the hopes of getting some umoja.
She told me to shovel the driveway.
bullsh*t!
I used to have a roommate that would celebrate too. He would call in sick to work, order KFC and drink grape soda. And he would announce this to everyone that came to our house.
I cringed.
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