who celebrates kwanza?

[Nick E]

No.
The only black people are either too smart to buy into it, or too stupid to know what it is...

[geekwarrior]

Edit: I'm sorry, guys. It's been a rough couple of days; I traveled for well over 14 hours yesterday, had my wisdom teeth poked at today, and had my ex being kind of stalkerish. I'm angry, witchy, snarky, and extremely unhappy-- if I snap at you, I'm sorry; if I say anything mean, I'm also sorry.

is a piranha a tropical fish?....j/k

[Warwitch]

Yeah, 'cause that wasn't racist. Even if you are caucasian (weird FF says that's misspelled) that was still a racist comment. What does you being around Asians have to do with anything? Other than you being stereotypical. I'm friends with primarily Asians, I don't go around saying white people are stupid. That was just a dumb post.

Thank you. And Im not cynical, Fishy, Im a realist. Also most certainly not racist. As a matter of fact I have friends of many colors. I was just pointing out that MOST people like to be around those that share similar belief and value systems. And many races segregate themselves into neighborhoods of mostly their national heritage. Hence places like Chinatown or Little Havanna. Its not because they hate other races, its because they are most comfortable around people that naturally understand their core values like religion. Segregation isnt racism unless it is motivated by hatred.

[Archangel Kid]

Yeah, okay, okay, I'm trying, all right?

All is well.

[billybob_81067]

AHEM... Hank the notsoracist racist???

/Taps foot and waits patiently.
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[Triangle]

AHEM... Hank the notsoracist racist???

/Taps foot and waits patiently.
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Even I know when not to post, haha.

[Lohman446]

Hmmm... I'm going to go ahead and reiterate that "seperate but equal" did not work. Then I'm going to look at the historical problems in countries that celebrated seperate holidays and rather than delighted in there differences took offense if slighted, and most certainly did not meld together.

Yugoslovia, Rwanda, South Africa

Yeh, sounds like a good idea to me. Lets all seperate individually, and add to our differences rather than being the great melting pot.

[Warwitch]

Hmmm... I'm going to go ahead and reiterate that "seperate but equal" did not work. Then I'm going to look at the historical problems in countries that celebrated seperate holidays and rather than delighted in there differences took offense if slighted, and most certainly did not meld together.

Yugoslovia, Rwanda, South Africa

Yeh, sounds like a good idea to me. Lets all seperate individually, and add to our differences rather than being the great melting pot.

But someday we will all "melt together", with no cultural diversity. There has to be a happy middle ground in there somewhere.

[tropical_fishy]

But someday we will all "melt together", with no cultural diversity. There has to be a happy middle ground in there somewhere.

I don't think the problem is "melting together..." I think we need to figure out how to be okay with other people being different. Most of the problems in Africa are caused by these fake boundaries imposed when colonies took over the continent. We need to stop hating each other for being not the same, and I think America needs it just as much as any other country. Look at all the problems we have between red states and blue states. I'm not saying we should all be one or the other, but we should at least pretend to respect each other.

[wjr]

Most of the problems in Africa are caused by these fake boundaries imposed when colonies took over the continent.

uhh... I don't think the LRA was started because of boundries imposed by colonists...

Care to eleaborate?

[Lohman446]

I don't think the problem is "melting together..." I think we need to figure out how to be okay with other people being different. Most of the problems in Africa are caused by these fake boundaries imposed when colonies took over the continent. We need to stop hating each other for being not the same, and I think America needs it just as much as any other country. Look at all the problems we have between red states and blue states. I'm not saying we should all be one or the other, but we should at least pretend to respect each other.

These differences, that we insist on making up (Kwanza for instance is not some historical African holiday, its made as a "black alternative" to the "white X-mas). Why is X-mas white?

The point is: if we chose not to embrace each other for who we are and insist on making lines that divide us, we are going to have problems.

[SpecialBlend2786]

uhh... I don't think the LRA was started because of boundries imposed by colonists...

Care to eleaborate?

Which is why she said most.

The LRA/Sudan and Uganda with the SPLA are a tad different.

But it is safe to say that many of the problems between people in third world countries have roots in colonialism.

[Pneumagger]

These differences, that we insist on making up (Kwanza for instance is not some historical African holiday, its made as a "black alternative" to the "white X-mas). Why is X-mas white?

.....

Because Santa is white, obviously.

I've never met anyone who celebrated kwanza. Although Tallmadge only had one black kid in our graduating class. Seems like just another event to make a hoopla about and then complain about discrimination when nobody cares. Seems kinda pointless.

/psst... hey Trop, if white males are so stupid hows-a-come dey get paid more than white women?

[grEnAlEins]

/psst... hey Trop, if white males are so stupid hows-a-come dey get paid more than white women?

[Pneumagger]

/I'm actually hiding from the hailstorm of flaming projectiles that is Fishy's response