Let's celebrate Kwanzaa
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December 28th, 2019 at 10:33:26 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | Happy day 3 of Kwanzaa. On this third day, we focus on Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility) -- "To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers' and sisters' problems our problems and to solve them together." This whole thing is beginning to smell of Communism. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
December 28th, 2019 at 11:10:50 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
It's always stunk, from the minute it was invented. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 28th, 2019 at 11:41:12 AM permalink | |
fleaswatter Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 3 Posts: 1087 |
Ann Coulter's view about Kwanzaa: KWANZAA: THE HOLIDAY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FBI I quote part:
Kwanzza in Wikipedia Let's go Brandon |
December 28th, 2019 at 12:20:49 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | "(Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness." When was that, exactly. Blacks came here as slaves, bought by slave traders from OTHER Blacks. No traditional greatness there. Then they were freed after the CW and lived mostly in Ghetto's with other Blacks. No traditional greatness there. Seems like that is yet to come, why pretend it was ever there. You have to strive for greatness, you don't stumble on it accidentally. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 28th, 2019 at 12:29:24 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 |
Lite at best, and that's a stretch. And you don't go to Hell for not believing it. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
December 28th, 2019 at 2:46:12 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
It seems the seven principles of the Symbionese Liberation Army were copied from those of Kawanzaa. You can't fault Kwanzaa for that. Kwanzza in Wikipedia Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
December 28th, 2019 at 9:15:37 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 |
Invented is a rather neutral term, I would think "concocted" would be more descriptive of the motives involved. |
December 29th, 2019 at 5:36:04 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | On day 4 of Kwanzaa we focus on the principle of Ujamaa (Cooperative economics) -- To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together. To that I say, what is the difference between a store and a shop? Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
December 29th, 2019 at 6:00:17 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18136 |
A "shop" would be smaller and more independent than a "store." At least how I see it. I was not aware that in primitive Africa they had stores and shops owned by locals to patronize so much so that it became part of some harvest celebration. The President is a fink. |
December 29th, 2019 at 6:37:31 AM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 |
Query as to what time period you are referring to. Around the First Millenium the principal trading center was Timbuktu which of course was WEST Africa. |