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Didn't it come around the advent of PC in America?
No. Kwanzaa was founded in the 60s. Political correctness didn't start until the 1970s. Kwanzaa pre-dates political correctness. Anyway, what does Kwanzaa have to do with political correctness?
No. Kwanzaa was founded in the 60s. Political correctness didn't start until the 1970s. Kwanzaa pre-dates political correctness. Anyway, what does Kwanzaa have to do with political correctness?
What I meant to say was, Didn't Kwanzaa not really get much attention in America until people started getting inclusive of what's celebrated during the EOY holidays.
As a white person, maybe my opinion doesn't count for much. But I think it wasn't a bad idea, just done for the wrong reasons and done the wrong way. As I understand it, it was more an African harvest celebration as an alternative to Christmas. Put that up against Christmas and it was doomed to failure. And it was a little based on Hannukah which also made no sense.
So if its more based on a harvest and community celebration( I know it has little actual historical basis), then why not make it more Thanksgiving based and have it at a time when it won't be overshadowed by existing holidays? Put it in late September. Make it a two day weekend community celebration. Everybody likes a reason to party and that's right after the 4th and after Labor Day. Its still warm and there's lots of summer food and early Autumn crops coming in.
Back in the 80's, I'd hear about Kwanzaa fairly often. It wasn't unusual for it to be referenced on television and to see it in the greeting cards section.
I bet it's been several years since the last time I've heard the word Kwanzaa verbalized or have seen it referenced.
Has it fallen out with black people or has the media lost interest in it?
Nobody ever even celebrated this made-up nonsense.
For it to "die off" it would need to have been taken seriously to begin with.
Kwanzaa's creator is a controversial character that I don't care for. But if the tradition itself is something that black families enjoy, let it rip, I say.
I'm much more bothered by the unfair obscurity of Juneteenth. Now that to me is a day that deserves much more consideration and celebration than it currently gets.
Nobody ever even celebrated this made-up nonsense.
For it to "die off" it would need to have been taken seriously to begin with.
The fact that people in this thread have attended Kwanzaa celebrations kind of says otherwise.
I wonder if it has become more regionalized making it seem dead in some areas and not others.
I know that Juneteenth is big in the Houston area, for obvious reasons, but probably not so much in other areas.
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