Created in 1966 by Ron Karenga,
Kwanzaa was meant to empower African Americans
during a time of great struggle in their lives.
It was an oppostition to Christmas and the white man's Christianity
but has since become an addition to black Christians.
Looking back at the time,
it is understandable why Kwanzaa would have been popular.
It was yet another way for blacks to come together
and celebrate themselves in the face of their oppressors.
But now, in the 21st century,such a need is no longer needed.
Kwanzaa was meant to empower African Americans
during a time of great struggle in their lives.
It was an oppostition to Christmas and the white man's Christianity
but has since become an addition to black Christians.
Looking back at the time,
it is understandable why Kwanzaa would have been popular.
It was yet another way for blacks to come together
and celebrate themselves in the face of their oppressors.
But now, in the 21st century,such a need is no longer needed.
Blacks have been able to live peacefuly among the whites.
Their struggles are not as promient as they were in the 60s, 70s, even 80s & 90s.
Nowadays, Kwanzaa just seems like a joke.
The 7 principles of Kwanzaa are not ludicrous-
Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves.
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.
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
Imani (Faith): To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
[taken from Wikipedia.org]
These principles are very empowering,
and if the 00s are different in anyway from the 70s,
it's that most blacks don't care about empowering anyone but themselves.
We only come together in times of oppression and family cookouts...
or for a crime scene that's down the block.
It would take another necessary Civil Rights movement
to get niggas to activitely celebrate Kwanzaa.
My family has never celebrated Kwanzaa.
Shit, for a while I thought it was a Muslim holiday.
We had Christmas,
Jews had Chanukah,
so why shouldn't Kwanzaa be the Muslims'?
I always figured it was the 3 main religions having their biggest celebrations all at the same time.
I mean... I was a kid.
Recently I've been tempted to celebrate Kwanzaa,
but it just doesn't feel right.
Plus, I'd have to explain it to all my white friends when I got back to school, hopefully this blog'll be enough. Haha.
Besides, it's admittedly on the decline,
possibly becoming obsolete as the world becomes a better place.
With that in mind,
I've created a song for Kwanzaa...
called the 7 days of Kwanzaa [like the 12 days of Christmas].
Um... for my black brothers and sisters,
you may get mad at me for this one,
but just know it's all just comedy, as usual.Enjoy.
[The last go around]
On the 7th day of Kwanzaa,
my black lover gave to me
7 food stamps
6 packs of menthols
5 fried chicken wings
4 spinning rims
3 40oz
2 packs of kool-aid
and a half eaten watermelon
It's fun to be both concious and ignit.
I feel like hip-hop and rap in one.
Haha.
Word.
Nowadays, Kwanzaa just seems like a joke.
The 7 principles of Kwanzaa are not ludicrous-
Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves.
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.
Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
Imani (Faith): To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
[taken from Wikipedia.org]
These principles are very empowering,
and if the 00s are different in anyway from the 70s,
it's that most blacks don't care about empowering anyone but themselves.
We only come together in times of oppression and family cookouts...
or for a crime scene that's down the block.
It would take another necessary Civil Rights movement
to get niggas to activitely celebrate Kwanzaa.
My family has never celebrated Kwanzaa.
Shit, for a while I thought it was a Muslim holiday.
We had Christmas,
Jews had Chanukah,
so why shouldn't Kwanzaa be the Muslims'?
I always figured it was the 3 main religions having their biggest celebrations all at the same time.
I mean... I was a kid.
Recently I've been tempted to celebrate Kwanzaa,
but it just doesn't feel right.
Plus, I'd have to explain it to all my white friends when I got back to school, hopefully this blog'll be enough. Haha.
Besides, it's admittedly on the decline,
possibly becoming obsolete as the world becomes a better place.
With that in mind,
I've created a song for Kwanzaa...
called the 7 days of Kwanzaa [like the 12 days of Christmas].
Um... for my black brothers and sisters,
you may get mad at me for this one,
but just know it's all just comedy, as usual.Enjoy.
[The last go around]
On the 7th day of Kwanzaa,
my black lover gave to me
7 food stamps
6 packs of menthols
5 fried chicken wings
4 spinning rims
3 40oz
2 packs of kool-aid
and a half eaten watermelon
It's fun to be both concious and ignit.
I feel like hip-hop and rap in one.
Haha.
Word.
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