Black Minister: Say "NO" to Kwanzaa

Being Christmas I thought this was interesting:

Black minister: Say \'no\' to Kwanzaa
Calls on blacks to celebrate Christmas, reject artificial holiday

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Posted: December 21, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

Blacks should be outraged by attempts to stamp out Christianity from Christmas celebrations while accepting Kwanzaa as mainstream, says a black minister.

Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder and president of BOND, Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, and author of WND Books\' "Scam," notes that while public school administrators and city officials attempt to ban nativity scenes, Christmas carols, candy canes and even Christmas trees from public places, Kwanzaa has been accepted as mainstream.

While commonly viewed as an "African" holiday, observed from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, Kwanzaa actually was created in the U.S. in 1966 by Dr. Maulana "Ron" Karenga, the head of a violent black-power group, United Slaves Organization, which was a rival to the Black Panthers.


In the 1970s, Karenga served four years in prison for conspiracy and assault in the torture of two female followers. Karenga was convicted of whipping them with electrical cords and beating them with a karate baton after stripping them naked. He placed in the mouth of one of the victims a hot soldering iron, also scarring her face with the device. He put one of her big toes in a vise, and detergent and running water in both of their mouths.

In a 1978 interview quoted in the Washington Post, Karenga said, "People think it\'s African, but it\'s not. I came up with Kwanzaa because black people in this country wouldn\'t celebrate it if they knew it was American. Also, I put it around Christmas because I knew that\'s when a lot of bloods (blacks) would be partying."

Peterson points out Kwanzaa is taught in public schools, recognized by corporations and was saluted in a proclamation by President Bush in 2002.

"If black Christians don\'t stand up for Christmas and reject Kwanzaa, they are allowing evil to have its way," Peterson said. "They will regret using a fake holiday to stamp out the true meaning of Christmas."

Another interesting article on the orgins of Kwanzaa:

The Rotten Roots of Kwanzaa

I never understood how Kwanzaa caught on.

[videoholic]

It never stops amazing me to see how much people want to feel part of a group.

[Titan]

I didn\'t know that Kwanza was started like that. I thought it was started only like 10 years ago. Weird. I understand that guys rage now. When I first read it, I was like "wtf? Its an African holiday" then I read on and was like "oh".

Kwanzaa is like Scientology.

You have to wonder how the hell it\'s stuck around for so long considering what it is.

Not that I care for Kwanzaa, or have anything against Christmas, people should celebrate whatever the **** they please. Today I\'m celebrating "The old woman across the street is a bitch"-day. Made up holidays rock. I wonder if we should not celebrate Christmas too, since its really a pagan holiday and Xtians just decided to celebrate Christ\'s birth on that day as a part of their massive campaign to get the heathens to adopt Christianity by adjusting existing holidays...

Delete me

[Titan]

Originally posted by EThuggV3
Not that I care for Kwanzaa, or have anything against Christmas, people should celebrate whatever the **** they please. Today I\'m celebrating "The old woman across the street is a bitch"-day. Made up holidays rock. I wonder if we should not celebrate Christmas too, since its really a pagan holiday and Xtians just decided to celebrate Christ\'s birth on that day as a part of their massive campaign to get the heathens to adopt Christianity by adjusting existing holidays...

I didn\'t know that until I watched the History Channel I saw a special. There was much debate on Christs birth and they decided it in the spring some time. Then this pope decided on December 25 since it was a pagan holiday and he wanted to convert the pagans by taking the day away. It worked.

Bozco- Trust me, I\'ve tried.

Titan- It sure did. Why until Christmas, I never even considered accepting Jesus Christ as my personal lord and saviour, but look at me now! *is wearing a \'sexy\' angel outfit*

haha... eww.

[clips]

wow i didn\'t know this either...not that i even celebrated it...just didn\'t know that\'s how it was started...

Originally posted by EThuggV3
Bozco- Trust me, I\'ve tried.

Haha, you got me this time!!1

Bastard