What is Kwanzaa? Kwanzaa is a nonreligious cultural holiday that celebrates African American Heritage. It is observed from December 26th through January 1st (Pogue, 2017). It was created by Maulana Karenga in the late 1960’s. Karenga is a black activist leader and professor. He has been making strides to better the black community and bridge the gap. He created Kwanzaa during the civil rights movement right after the Watts Riots in Los Angeles. He got tired of seeing all the horrible things happen
KWANZAA: Rediscovering our African Culture Kwanzaa was first celebrated in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, his family and Friends. Dr. Karenga, a professor of African-American History at CSU, Long Beach, was effected by the Watts Riots of the summer of 1965. He felt that African-Americans had lost touch with their African heritage. He began to study ways that they could help themselves and each other. Dr. Karenga wanted to unify his people and instill a pride in their joint culture. He felt that
American perspective, culture encompasses all we know, all we feel, and all we have absorbed from our elder... ... middle of paper ... ...unting the lives of people who struggled for African and African American freedom. People who celebrate Kwanzaa hope to strengthen the black community by adhering to the seven guiding principles, designated by the terms from the Swahili language: umoja (unity), kujichagulia (self-determination), umija (collective work and responsibility), ujamaa (cooperative
Passage 1 Kwanzaa is a holiday celebrated by many African Americans from December 26 to January 1. It pays tribute to the rich cultural roots of Americans of African ancestry, and celebrates family, community, and culture. Kwanzaa means the first or the first fruits of the harvest and is based on the ancient African first-fruit harvest celebrations. The modern holiday of Kwanzaa was founded in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a professor at the California State University in Long Beach, California. The
Sacrifice Making decisions between keeping and letting things go proves a difficult task. Choices between a beloved comfy jersey and a new sports jacket may cause frustration. One holds sentimental value and the other practicality. How does one decide? Sacrifice provides the only solution. Sacrifice amounts to providing an offering with the intent of receiving something in return. Sacrifice originates from the Latin word sacrificium. Consisting of the roots sacer, meaning sacred, and facere, meaning
repealed” helps to support the other negative statements on this website. It’s clear that the makers do not agree with the fact that MLK is honored every year. The link to “Learn more about Kwanzaa” is just totally out of place. Yet again, just be-cause a person is African American does not mean they celebrate Kwanzaa. What do Black Invention Myths have to do with MLK? This link doesn’t even make sense attached t... ... middle of paper ... ...arefully before it was posted or the maker was uneducated
the ideology is religion based, or politically based, all holidays are centered around ideologies. Countries all have their own distinct holidays, although some can be seen as equivalents, all are still run by ideology. Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa are all seen as equivalent holidays even though they are celebrated differently, and celebrate different things. The ideology behind Christmas is that it
My Cultural Identity In America, culture is defined by your family history and is considered a melting pot that is made up of different cultures. There are also people who have more than one culture that’s part of their background, which is multicultural. I am part of this diverse category because I am half Mexican and half African-American. Being mixed with two different cultures is interesting because I get to experience both cultures and compare and contrast between the two. There are traditions
Denied because of their race differences, many children suffer trying to find a loving family and home. Some facilities deny a family from completing the adoption process because they believe the family is unable to provide for the child’s needs. Social workers have swamped families with stories to scare them out of interracial adoption. Children in foster care are allowed to be in any home, so adoption should not be any different. Despite the thoughts of social workers, children in transracial adoptions
educators have seen it as an important responsibility to educate students about the different cultures and ethnicities surrounding them. The excitement over traditional year-end festivities celebrating traditions such as Christmas, Chanukah, Ramadan and Kwanzaa, presented an opportunity to teach the students about and encourage respect for different cultures in the community. Because some of these traditions have religious origins, special care was taken in determining what representative symbols could appropriately
Oleanna Essay Nowadays, it’s difficult to voice your opinion without offending someone and their views. To avoid doing this, society is suppose to follow this thing called Political Correctness. Political Correctness is the avoidance of racial slurs and actions that could offend someone and their views. Sometimes it is often viewed as being too extreme and ridiculous. The Political Correctness movement has affected the way society views culture nowadays because, there is a rise in feminism, colleges
When defining family, the U.S. Census Bureau defines it as "a family is a group of two or more people related by birth, marriage, or adoption, and residing together". Essentially, this definition pulls a broad pool of people together. In Jack's case, he considers his mother, father, two siblings, both of his grandfathers, his aunt, his wife, and almost newborn baby to be in his family. A household, on the other hand, is anyone that lives together in a particular space (U.S. Census Bureau, 2014).
Jeff Passe and Lara Willox of Religion as Disruption mentioned that the teaching of religion is now a necessity as an influx of “cultures that do not conform to the Judeo-Christian religious tradition” grows in the United States. What they suggest is that some form of world religions is taught in schools but before that happens teachers must go through comprehensive training that relies on high-quality curriculum for teacher training and for use in the classroom. One major point that stood out was
The English language has expanded and developed crossing borders between countries; therefore, the lexicon has progressed in different ways, to the extent that English has acquired characteristics that were not originally intrinsic in its nature. While, Africa, certainly had its impact on English, during the British colonization of Africa, American English has a large historically significant connection to the content as well. During the peak Transatlantic slave trade years from 1741-1810, a large
the United States. When it did, it turned into an indispensable piece of our vacation festivities—even as the meaning of "the occasions" turned out to be more extensive, and now incorporates not simply Christmas and New Year's, but rather Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the Winter Solstice. Louis Prang, a Prussian outsider with a print shop close Boston, is credited with making the main Christmas card starting in the United States in 1875. It was altogether different from Cole and Horsley's of 30 years earlier
I was asked by my parents, to pick the state Missouri, or the state Virginia to move to because they got a job offer to the same corporation, and was going to get paid the same amount of income roll in either state. After my research, I came up with the state that I think would fit my family and me best. If I had to choose between Missouri or Virginia, I would choose Virginia because of many reasons. Virginia has better education, jobs, and economy. Virginia also has better activities, attractions
I personally enjoy practicing Multiculturalism because I find it fascinating learning from another country cultures. In America there are a lot of different ethnic groups and throughout my 22 years of living, I have learned so much within every country. I still have more learning to do, but I slowly understand as many cultures as more than my own parents did. Being in the most diverse city in the whole world, you are tend to be forced to learn and experience other cultures because everywhere you
equality for all races. Works Cited McNeil, Jeffrey. "A Better Tomorrow: Revisiting Malcolm X's 'The Ballot or the Bullet.'" Indy Reader. Indypendent Reader, 6 May 2013. Web. 26 Feb. 2014. "A Message From Malcolm X: The Ballot or The Bullet." Kwanzaa Guide. Kwanzaa Guide, 26 May 2010. Web. 29 Feb. 2014. Miller, Keith D., ed. "Malcolm X (1925- 1965)." College Cengage. Cengage College, n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2014. Newsome, Tyler. "Rhetorical Symposium 'The Ballot or the Bullet.'" Blog Spot. Blogger, 5 Oct.
faith, she said, "Chanukah is called the Festival of Lights because it gives us a chance to celebrate our heritage, our cultural identity, who we are. It can be compared with using lights to decorate trees for Christmas and the lighting candles for Kwanzaa--it’s all about looking at light at times of darkness." Marcus, who is the cantor for the Temple Bethel, will be performing the Chanukah ceremony at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center [in Santa Cruz] on Dec. 5 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. What is Chanukah?
Finding One's Self in Jane Smiley’s Moo Finding one's self is not without turmoil. This does not pertain to only the young. It takes some people well into old age before they reach the level of ‘knowing’ who they are. An essential element of this maturation is turbulence. Periodic turbulence gives an individual the opportunity to rise above previous deficiencies of personality and provides levels of self-awareness. There are many ways that people face maturation, and many more ways in which