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12/28 Lessons of Kwanzaa
Dec. 28th, 2002 11:02 amKwanzaa: made-up, politically correct (so pro-African American that it can border on "reverse" racism if you're not careful) holiday to match all the other holidays around now, ergo pointless.
Parhaps I'm glad laziness has kept me from the gym today (so far). I caught up on listservs instead, and ended up on The Urban Legends about Christmas page. Christmas is just as made-up and politically correct. "The Xians want their own holiday around to compete with all the holidays during the scary darkest time of the year? Sure, um... they emphatically didn't celebrate their Savior's birthday for how many centuries? Go for it." When secular concepts were not marketing schemes, they were, ironically, satirists mocking some group's adoption of a mostly pointless symbol, and not even always for the holidays.
In a millenium or so, what new holiday will be considered made-up and nothing like the Real Holidays of this time of year?
Her point, the lesson to be gleaned from all this, have the courage to create the world you want. Begin with little changes, let small ideas become small actions. And snowball, into a major sweeping change. Hopefully for "good".
Kwanzaa; focusing on civil rights, civil liberties, empowering community and freedom; is Very Meaningful These Days. Or should be.
Parhaps I'm glad laziness has kept me from the gym today (so far). I caught up on listservs instead, and ended up on The Urban Legends about Christmas page. Christmas is just as made-up and politically correct. "The Xians want their own holiday around to compete with all the holidays during the scary darkest time of the year? Sure, um... they emphatically didn't celebrate their Savior's birthday for how many centuries? Go for it." When secular concepts were not marketing schemes, they were, ironically, satirists mocking some group's adoption of a mostly pointless symbol, and not even always for the holidays.
In a millenium or so, what new holiday will be considered made-up and nothing like the Real Holidays of this time of year?
Her point, the lesson to be gleaned from all this, have the courage to create the world you want. Begin with little changes, let small ideas become small actions. And snowball, into a major sweeping change. Hopefully for "good".
Kwanzaa; focusing on civil rights, civil liberties, empowering community and freedom; is Very Meaningful These Days. Or should be.
