Be apparently, to “restore our people to their traditional greatness” is to be lauded if you are black, but to be feared and attacked if you are white.

It seems to me to be, more than anything, about creating and developing a separate, idealized black culture/state. It says nothing about promoting unity within or between the races, or about building a strong America, etc.

It’s separatist, continuing to foster the “us vs. them” mentality which seems so prevalent in so much of the racial rhetoric these days

Imani (Faith)
To believe with all our heart in
1)our people,
2)our parents,
3)our teachers,
4)our leaders and
5)the righteousness and victory of our struggle.

Let’s try that again with modern day black pop-culture role-models:
Imani (Faith)
To believe with all our heart in
1)our plantation — like gangsta-rappers who keep it real by telling like it is in the hood, i.e. “don’t snitch”, “don’t act white” and “never, ever be an Uncle Tom” (how’s that for a perversion of who the character Uncle Tom really was?)
2)our overworked single-moms or welfare moms — give Bill Cosby credit for not backing down from his campaign against ignorant & self-defeating attitudes, likewise most working-class two-parent families don’t tolerate “woe-is-me” victism, perfering to instill hard-work & self-discipline
3)our teachers’ unions & NEA — need I say more
4)our Jesse Jacksons & Al Sharptons — Duke Lacrosse team & Jena Six comes to mind
5)the righteousness and victory of our struggle — what struggle?? Like no other race ever struggles to support their families? I guess it’s referring to the slavery, in that case, buck up & apply ourselves to be worthy of Frederick Douglass, George W. Carver, Mde Johnson and countless others who paved the way w/ blood, sweat & tears for MLK and any other to pursue their dreams. And when Da man comes offering handouts in return for political favors, run! Do not walk away.

P.S, thanks for no longer displaying mail addresses!

Anti-Nannyism: acceptance of the principle that every adult knows better than anyone else what is good for him/her, and that it is not the place or right of government officials or anyone else to be “their brother’s keeper”. A good neighbor accepts each person’s right to make all of his own risk/reward decisions for himself.

Now let’s start a contest to think of a name for our new holiday. Hey, if the people behind Kwanzaa get to just make one up, then so can we!

You are a Lucky-American.

Signed -
Someone who didn’t come here from the USSR until 1977.

Please help me fill in the blank. I am a _____-American.

Pretending Swahili is something that has anything to do with American blacks’s heritage is like studying Egyptian history in honor of black history month.

By other blacks.

There. I fixed that for you, AMW.