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Title: 'Kwanzaa' Was Invented By a Black Criminal (Felon) in California: We Wish You a Phony Festival
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Beitor
URL Source: http://beitor.org/articles-mainmenu ... t-kwanzaa-by-chris-harris.html
Published: Dec 15, 2009
Author: Chris Harris/ Kathy Shaidle, with notes
Post Date: 2009-12-15 12:04:06 by Murron
Keywords: Pagan, Hoax, Stupidity
Views: 439
Comments: 10
'Kwanzaa' Was Invented By a Black Criminal (Felon) in California: We Wish You a Phony Festival by Kathy Shaidle, with notes from Eli Schuster "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 would be partying." ~ Ron N. Everett AKA Ron Karenga, radical activist, convicted felon BEFORE school lets out for the holidays this month, countless U.S. teachers and students will celebrate Kwanzaa. They will light black, red and green candles, and sing about the festival's "seven principles," such as faith, unity and creativity. Few schools in Canada mark the African-themed festival, but some do. For instance, students and staff at Oakwood Collegiate, a Toronto high school with a large black population, attended a Kwanzaa banquet earlier this month. Vice-principal Pat Agard says it is the second time the festival has been marked at the school, which boasts a 40-member African-Canadian Club. "We're just becoming aware of [Kwanzaa] now," the administrator says. "We're trying to let people know about it." Held each year from December 26 until January 2, Kwanzaa is increasingly seen as an appropriate multicultural alternative to Christmas, a holiday considered too religious and "Eurocentric" for public schools. But there is one not-so-insignificant problem associated with Kwanzaa. While many teachers believe it to be an ancient African harvest festival, it was actually born, not in pre-colonial West Africa, but in 1960s southern California. It is, in fact, the brainchild of African-American radical activist, academic and convicted felon Ron Karenga. In 1969, two rival radical groups battled for control of the UCLA black studies program: the Black Panthers and the lesser-known US, or United Slaves, led by Karenga. Both groups sauntered around campus carrying loaded guns. Perhaps inevitably, violence erupted. As David Horowitz recalls in Radical Son, Black Panther John Higgins was "murdered--along with Al 'Bunchy' Carter--on the UCLA campus by members of Ron Karenga's organization." The FBI infiltrated both groups after the shootout. The US groups turned to fighting "enemies within." The result: two female members were tortured by their "comrades" in May 1970. Both allege Karenga ordered, and participated in, their assaults. In 1999, writer Paul Mulshine published his research into Karenga's violent past in Front Page Magazine. Mr. Mulshine found a May 14, 1971, Los Angeles Times report of the victims' testimony, which read: "The victims said they were living at Karenga's home when Karenga accused them of trying to [poison] him...When they denied it, allegedly they were beaten with an electrical cord and a hot soldering iron was put in [one victim's] mouth and against her face. Police were told that one of [the other victim's] toes was placed in a small vise which was allegedly tightened by one of the defendants. The following day... Karenga, holding a gun, threatened to shoot both of them." Convicted of felonious assault and false imprisonment, Karenga was sentenced in 1971 to up to 10 years in prison. "A brief account of the sentencing ran in several newspapers the following day," Mr. Mulshine writes. "That was apparently the last newspaper article to mention Karenga's unfortunate habit of doing unspeakable things to black people. After that, the only coverage came from the hundreds of news accounts that depict him as the wonderful man who invented Kwanzaa." Shortly after his release from prison in 1975, Karenga (now armed, not with a pistol, but a doctorate) took over the Black studies department at california state University, Long Beach, which he runs to this day. And what about Kwanzaa? The festival's seven days commemorate allegedly "traditional African" principles, such as "collective work" and "co-operative economics," each referred to by a Swahili name. "Why did Karenga use Swahili words for his fictional African feast?" asks Mr. Mulshine. "American Blacks are primarily descended from people who came from Ghana and other parts of West Africa. Kenya and Tanzania--where Swahili is spoken--are thousands of miles away. This makes about as much sense as having Irish-Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day by speaking Polish." And why would Karenga schedule a harvest festival near the solstice, "a season when few fruits or vegetables are harvested anywhere?" This month, the religious satire magazine The Door likewise questioned Kwanzaa's authenticity. "Karenga cobbled together a mishmash of different traditions and languages and blended them with Marxist ideas to reflect a unified African culture that doesn't exist anywhere," the magazine reported. "Ujima, or 'collective work,' one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa, is the term used by the socialist leader of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, for his disastrous policy of placing tens of thousands of Tanzanians on collective farms." "People think it's African, but it's not," admitted Karenga in a 1978 Washington Post interview. "I put it around Christmas because I knew that's when a lot of 'bloods' [Blacks] would be partying." "For decades, the media have shoved "black leaders" in the faces of black Americans. Now they're doing the same with a pagan ritual called Kwanzaa, a so-called African-American holiday. A made-up, anti-Christian observance, Kwanzaa is celebrated by blacks who profess Christ. In our politically-correct climate, even President George W. Bush, a believer in Christ, felt obligated to praise this ritual. Kwanzaa was invented in 1966 by Dr. Maulana "Ron" Karenga, real name Ron N. Everett, a former black militant, a Marxist and a convicted felon." 
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The Truth About Kwanzaa by Chris Harris Kwanzaa uses the Swahili language and was established on the premise of celebrating the African values of "family, community and culture” for the African-American community. Observance of Kwanzaa begins December 26 and ends January 1. Kwanzaa is supposed to be an African holiday to recognize the Nguzo Saba, or “Seven Principles”. The “Seven Principles” are Umoja (Unity), Kuji- chagulia (Self-determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity), and Imani (Faith). Closer inspection and research reveals many disturbing details about Kwanzaa that most people may not be aware of. For starters, Kwanzaa is not African and is a “holiday” that was born out of 60’s radicalism and black racism in 1966 by a man named Ron N. Everett a.k.a. Ron Karenga. We will address Ron Karenga later in this article… A few things to note about Kwanzaa; one is that Ghana and Kenya are on opposite sides of the African continent. American blacks for the most part are descended from people who came from Ghana and other parts of West Africa. Kenya and Tanzania, on the other hand are several thousand miles away, pretty much the width of the United States in distance, and this is where Swahili is spoken, not in Ghana. Another interesting note about the use of Swahili in Kwanzaa is this language is Arabic and was the language of the slave traders of that time. This must explain why freedom did not make it into one of the “Seven Principles”. While Kwanzaa is “fictional feast”, derived from “matunda ya kwanza,” which is Swahili for “first fruits”. This harvest festival is oddly enough is celebrated during the winter solstice where very few fruits or vegetables are growing. The “first fruits” reference in Swahili sounds like a page torn right out of Torah regarding a commanded holy day called “First Fruits”. Kwanzaa seems to even gone so far to base the “candle holder” on the Jewish Menorah which also uses seven candles. On closer inspection, there seem to be other similarities as well… The seven principles that are espoused in Kwanzaa are the seven principles of the Symbionese Liberation Army, a notorious American terrorist group of the 1970’s. The SLA had a banner with a seven-headed cobra. Each snake head stood for one of the principles embraced by the SLA: Umoja, Kuji-chagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia, Kuumba, and Imani. Birds of a like feather it seems... It is humorous to note that one of the “rules” of celebrating Kwanzaa is not to “mix the Kwanzaa holiday or its symbols, values and practice with any other culture”. This despite the fact that Kwanzaa is nothing more than an made up mishmash mixed from other “symbols, values and practices” of other cultures upon closer inspection. In keeping with the theme of seven- seven candles, seven principles, seven days, etc; Kwanzaa was actually spelled “Kwanza”, but an extra “a” was added to turn the six letter word into a seven letter word. For anyone with any depth of knowledge of the bible; one can see how Kwanzaa seems to have borrowed a bit from God's commandments and holy days. Now let’s talk about Ron Karenga… Ron Karenga is the inventor of Kwanzaa; he is also a convicted criminal and a deranged psychopath. Ron Karenga, a “cultural nationalist”, founded and headed the group “United Slaves” at UCLA, which was nothing but a cult of thugs. The “United Slaves” was known for its violent clashes with the Blank Panthers. In 1969, the violence resulted in two members of the Black Panthers, John Jerome Huggins, and Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter being shot by two of Ron Karenga’s followers, George P. and Larry Joseph Stiner. Ron Karenga wrote a book, “The Quotable Karenga” that laid out "The Path of Blackness”. The members of “United Slaves” adhered to the rules written in the book while committing assaults and robberies. The book advocated "the sevenfold path of blackness is think black, talk black, act black, create black, buy black, vote black, and live black”. In the 1960’s Ron Karenga proclaimed himself to be “maulana” which is Swahili for “master teacher”. Five years after he “invented” Kwanzaa, he was found guilty and sentenced on September 17, 1971 for torturing two women. Interestingly he tortured two black women who were part of an organization he founded. Deborah Jones and Gail Davis were whipped with electrical cords, stripped naked, and brutalized with a karate baton. He threatened to kill them with a gun that was pointed at their heads. Gail Davis in particular was scarred by a hot soldering iron that was placed on her tongue and against her face. By this time, the “United Slaves” fell apart due to the charges of torture. In 1975, after his release from prison, Karenga received his “sainthood” and became “Saint Karenga” and was given leadership in the Black Studies Department at California State University in Long Beach four years later. Most likely he was able to receive this position as a result of his conversion to Marxism. Another oddity, if you will, about Karenga was that despite his racism against white people, there are no known incidences of him committing violence against white people. He even maintained good relations with many white politicians. But Karenga and his black followers committed the kind of violence against other blacks that only the Ku Klux Klan could fantasize about. In closing, Karenga gave an interview with the Washington Post about Kwanzaa. He was quoted saying, "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 would be partying."
OMGAWD...ROTFLMAO....I almost choked on my coffee.... Ok if I share this with others here on LP? Thanks, I needed this with so much PC out there I could tear my hair out sometimes, but laughing is better...
lol! Murron, you're not at LP! Happy Christmas!
Word of the day Send it anywhere you want to, it's not mine. :-)
Pluleeeeze, did I ever say I was sane? aha I saw that after it was posted...lmbo..too late....heheheheeeee
lol - silly - You keep forgetting Stone has provided us with an edit feature. AHA!
Word of the day Well I'll be damned, I needed that when I accidently posted that nasty looking, brown wang-wang.... I'll try to remember that from now on..thanks!
rotflmao! Yeah - that would've worked! But then we wouldn't have had such a good laugh !
Word of the day He left out Festivus. I'm insulted.
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#2. To: Murron (#0)
#3. To: Happy Quanzaa (#2)
#4. To: Murron (#3)
Ok if I share this with others here on LP?
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 appellation ap-uh-LAY-shun , noun;
1. The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.
2. The act of naming.
Happy Birthday, Jesus! Merry Christmas everyone!
#5. To: Murron (#3)
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#6. To: mel (#4)
lol! Murron, you're not at LP! Happy Christmas!
#7. To: Murron (#6)
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 appellation ap-uh-LAY-shun , noun;
1. The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.
2. The act of naming.
Happy Birthday, Jesus! Merry Christmas everyone!
#8. To: mel (#7)
lol - silly - You keep forgetting Stone has provided us with an edit feature. AHA!
#9. To: Murron (#8)
Well I'll be damned, I needed that when I accidently posted that nasty looking, brown wang-wang...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 appellation ap-uh-LAY-shun , noun;
1. The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.
2. The act of naming.
Happy Birthday, Jesus! Merry Christmas everyone!
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