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In reply to the discussion: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene rants against 'fake religion' Kwanzaa as Black holiday begins [View all]Geechie
(1,048 posts)11. Glad I saw this.
MTG should learn a little bit more about the background. Maulana Karenga had a troubled past, but who can argue with the 7 traditions:
(from Wikiworld)
The rituals of the holiday promote African traditions and Nguzo Saba, the "seven principles of African Heritage" that Karenga described as "a communitarian African philosophy":
Umoja (unity)To strive for and 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 brother's and sister's 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 development 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.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene rants against 'fake religion' Kwanzaa as Black holiday begins [View all]
packman
Dec 2021
OP
The path of corporate media, and its hobbled and blindfolded "journalists", is straight and narrow.
Magoo48
Dec 2021
#15
Traitor-Greene is the psychopath and she is clearly against the Constitution and freedom of religion
hadEnuf
Dec 2021
#13
Why is she still in office? Because she has the support of like minded voters.
cstanleytech
Dec 2021
#34
Ahhh, actually there is plenty of action though 99.9999% of its the shit coming out of her mouth
cstanleytech
Dec 2021
#33
What does she called New Year's Eve parties? Certainly seems like a religious celebration
Walleye
Dec 2021
#23
I'm pretty sure TPTB of the time considered Christianity a "fake religion created by a psychopath."
BobTheSubgenius
Dec 2021
#47