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Originally posted by aways
.......In conclusion, I hope this little cultural and history lesson helps you see the light – about Kwanzaa. It's being taught to your kids in your government schools. It's become a commercial bonanza in black communities through the United States. And, now, even the president of the United States is praising it as a legitimate holiday.
Good grief. What's wrong with America?
Happy Kwanzaa!
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What's wrong with America? Absolutely nothing. Kwaanza teaches nothing of what you write....
This is what Kwaanza teaches:
Kiswahili is the language privileged as the main means of communication of the rituals. The word itself, Kwanza is the Kiswahili word for beginning. It comes from the verb ku-anza, that is, to begin. It indicates thus the firm determination of a community to begin a new year of committment, hard work and fulfilment that require collective effort. The week of celebration is also an opportunity to highlight seven principles that serve as the building blocks of Ubiquity. They represent the aspiration and the goals each community sets itself collectively and its members individually. These seven principles are the following:
Umoja (Unity). This is to strive for a principles and harmonious togetherness in the the family, community, nation and world African community.
Kijichagulia (self-Determination). To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for our ourselves and speak for ourselves instead of being defined, named, created for and spoken for by others.
Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility). To build and maintain our community together and makes our sisters' and brothers' problems our problems and solve them together.
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics). To build our own businesses, control the economics of our own community and share in all its work and wealth.
Nia (Purpose). To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community\ in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
Kuumba (Creativity). To do always as much as we can in the way we can in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than when we inherited it.
Imani (Faith). To believe with all our heart in our Creator, our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
Ohhh the horrors! Those poor, poor kids, learning such things!