Time to End Kwanzaa?!?!

The Huffington Post and Shorewood Patch report that:

Calling it a holiday that "almost no black people today care about," state Sen. Glenn Grothman is characterizing Kwanzaa as a false holiday conjured up by a racist college professor and perpetuated by hard-core liberals.

"Why must we still hear about Kwanzaa?" the Republican lawmaker from West Bend asked in a press release. "Why are hard-core left wingers still trying to talk about Kwanzaa — the supposed African-American holiday celebration between Christmas and New Year’s?"

His remarks drew immediate criticism from a Democratic party leader, who called Grothman's comments "absolutely jaw-dropping." ...

"Of course, almost no black people today care about Kwanzaa — just white left-wingers who try to shove this down black people's throats in an effort to divide Americans," Grothman said. "Irresponsible public school districts such as Green Bay and Madison ... try to tell a new generation that blacks have a separate holiday than Christians."

Grothman adds Karenga "didn't like the idea that Christ died for all of our sins, so he felt blacks should have their own holiday — hence, Kwanzaa."

Grothman also advises be on the lookout for K-12 and college teachers trying to pass it off as a real holiday. "With tens of millions of honorable black Americans in our country's past, we should not let a violent nut like Karenga speak for them," he said.

The second principle of Kwanzaa is Kujichagulia (Self Determination). That principle states that we will define ourselves, name ourselves and speak for ourselves. Slavery ended approximately 150 years ago. No one has the right to dictate which holidays African Americans can celebrate. Kwanzaa is not about uplifting Karenga. It is about culturally uplifting a people.