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Monday, December 14, 2009

Why I say racism is subtle

From The O...
>glenn wrote on 12/14/2009 07:55:39 AM:Kwanzaa is a made-up holiday and everyone knows it. Now go ahead and give the BS explanation for Kwanzaa so we can all hear the 1980's version of this new holiday. Try your best to explain that it has been there all along.Kwanzaa: a harvest festival celebrated from Dec. 26 until Jan. 1 in some African-American communities. (<>

This person went out of his way to cast dispersion towards a holiday that is celebrated by many, but has become particularily of favor to black Americans. He went to the point of trying his best to intellectually attack the celebration and it's false premise, based on his knowledge of the calendar and the seasons of the northern hemisphere.

He failed to consider that Africa is equatorial or below the equator, thus the seasons are different and the harvest would be different.

My question is "why work so hard to discredit a holiday celebrated by black Americans?

The answer is painfully clear.

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