Revtim
November 27, 2013, 2:24pm
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CalMeacham:
Is it significant that the title of this thread isn’t Political Correctness ruining the US (or at least Christmas?) ?
Or is it possible that one can simply use “holidays” colloquially to refer to this time of year without having a political/PC agenda?
Not to people slavering to label themselves as being persecuted.
Onomatopoeia:
I am generally in agreement with your post, well, other than your allowing such an insignificant issue to bend you so utterly out of shape. What I don’t understand is your suggestion that black people are as observant of Kwanzaa as Jewish people are of Chanukkah.
Is it your belief that enough black people celebrate Kwanzaa for it to be a major issue if it is not acknowledged? How many black people do you personally know who observe Kwanzaa? I don’t know any.
He doesn’t feel he should respond to the fact that he made an incorrect claim about black people that has probably not happened once, ever. But this is the SDMB, soo…