Collins Report

By Kevin “Coach” Collins

On the day before Christmas in 1971 the New York Times ran an article about a new “holiday” called Kwanzaa that was invented by a Black separatist named Ron Everett. Everett now uses the made up “African” name Maulana Ron Karenga to show the world he wants nothing to do with White America.

That Mr. Karenga was in a California prison doing a one to ten year stretch for illegally imprisoning and maiming two Black women he thought were plotting to kill him meant nothing to the Times. They didn’t want to talk about how their new hero had been certified as a paranoid schizophrenic by a court, so they didn’t.
Karenga calls his new “holiday” Kwanzaa, a Swahili phrase meaning “first fruits” because he maintains it is a harvest festival. The truth, however, has a very different ring. Kwanzaa is Karenga’s answer to Christmas. He would like nothing better than to see Kwanzaa actually become the “Black Christmas” he has always fantasized about.

In his 1977 book on Kwanzaa, Karenga said it “…was chosen to give a Black alternative to the existing holiday and give Blacks an opportunity to celebrate themselves and history, rather than simply imitate the practice of the dominant [White] society.”

Upon hearing of the new “holiday”, a young unknown Al Sharpton commented that Kwanzaa “would perform the valuable service of “de-whitizing” Christmas.”
The idea that Kwanzaa is a harvest festival is bogus.
Harvests don’t happen in December, not even in Karenga’s make believe version of Africa. The closest thing to a Kwanzaa like festival in Africa is the Yam Festival held yearly in Ghana and Nigeria at the beginning of August, yet Kwanzaa is celebrated each year between December 26 and January 1.

A 1978, Washington Post article included this Karenga admission about his “holiday” “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.” Imagine if a White person had written that.

Do people want to include Kwanzaa as a “holiday” to be recognized in year end greetings among friends and acquaintances? Hardly. While just a handful of Americans of any race or color celebrate Kwanzaa, a Fox poll done in December 2007 revealed that 95% of Americans celebrate Christmas and about 1 in 3 are actually very offended when the words Happy Holiday replace Merry Christmas.

Nevertheless, “Happy Holidays” has replaced “Merry Christmas.” When Kwanzaa was no more than a malignant dream of a paranoid felon, people said Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah as they thought appropriate for a given situation.

When the “traditional Kwanzaa holiday” was added to the mix, feckless merchants who would willingly celebrate Hitler’s birthday if they thought it would boost sales, folded and “Happy Holidays” grew by the year. Exactly when this happened is difficult to pinpoint, but after the Bush White House recognized Kwanzaa in 2002 the battle was lost.The election of Barack Obama, with his African name and new age secular humanism makes it less likely that Kwanzaa will run out of steam anytime soon.

How many African American Christians will ultimately be led astray by this faux Black Christmas remains to be seen. What is clear is that in this time of national crisis Kwanzaa is an obstacle to true adherence to the Judeo/Christian principles we need to straighten ourselves out.

Those who are busy trading Christmas for Kwanzaa do themselves and our culture no good. Karenga’s monster will serve as a constant excuse to use “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Hanukkah.”
“Happy Holidays” will continue to make America less of a nation every time it is spoken

What have you done to honor America’s traditions today?

Today in history: On December 28, 1945, Congress adopted the Pledge of Allegiance.

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwanzaa

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By Kevin “Coach” Collins

On the day before Christmas in 1971 the New York Times ran an article about a new “holiday” called Kwanzaa that was invented by a Black separatist named Ron Everett. Everett now uses the made up “African” name Maulana Ron Karenga to show the world he wants nothing to do with White America.

That Mr. Karenga was in a California prison doing a one to ten year stretch for illegally imprisoning and maiming two Black women he thought were plotting to kill him meant nothing to the Times. They didn’t want to talk about how their new hero had been certified as a paranoid schizophrenic by a court, so they didn’t.

Karenga calls his new “holiday” Kwanzaa, a Swahili phrase meaning “first fruits” because he maintains it is a harvest festival. The truth, however, has a very different ring. Kwanzaa is Karenga’s answer to Christmas. He would like nothing better than to see Kwanzaa actually become the “Black Christmas” he has always fantasized about.

In his 1977 book on Kwanzaa, Karenga said it “…was chosen to give a Black alternative to the existing holiday and give Blacks an opportunity to celebrate themselves and history, rather than simply imitate the practice of the dominant [White] society.”

Upon hearing of the new “holiday”, a young unknown Al Sharpton commented that Kwanzaa “would perform the valuable service of “de-whitizing” Christmas.”

The idea that Kwanzaa is a harvest festival is bogus.

Harvests don’t happen in December, not even in Karenga’s make believe version of Africa. The closest thing to a Kwanzaa like festival in Africa is the Yam Festival held yearly in Ghana and Nigeria at the beginning of August, yet Kwanzaa is celebrated each year between December 26 and January 1.

A 1978, Washington Post article included this Karenga admission about his “holiday” “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.” Imagine if a White person had written that.

Do people want to include Kwanzaa as a “holiday” to be recognized in year end greetings among friends and acquaintances? Hardly. While just a handful of Americans of any race or color celebrate Kwanzaa, a Fox poll done in December 2007 revealed that 95% of Americans celebrate Christmas and about 1 in 3 are actually very offended when the words Happy Holiday replace Merry Christmas.

Nevertheless, “Happy Holidays” has replaced “Merry Christmas.” When Kwanzaa was no more than a malignant dream of a paranoid felon, people said Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah as they thought appropriate for a given situation. When the “traditional Kwanzaa holiday” was added to the mix, feckless merchants who would willingly celebrate Hitler’s birthday if they thought it would boost sales, folded and “Happy Holidays” grew by the year. Exactly when this happened is difficult to pinpoint, but after the Bush White House recognized Kwanzaa in 2002 the battle was lost.The election of Barack Obama, with his African name and new age secular humanism makes it less likely that Kwanzaa will run out of steam anytime soon.

How many African American Christians will ultimately be led astray by this faux Black Christmas remains to be seen. What is clear is that in this time of national crisis Kwanzaa is an obstacle to true adherence to the Judeo/Christian principles we need straighten ourselves out.

Those who are busy trading Christmas for Kwanzaa do themselves and our culture no good. Karenga’s monster will serve as a constant excuse to use “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Hanukkah.”

“Happy Holidays” will continue to make America less of a nation every time it is spoken.