The Shelby County (Tennessee) Probate Court Clerk filed a complaint against the County Commissioner for wanting to hold a Kwanzaa celebration in the County Commissioner's Chamber. The point of contention was that while Christmas and Hanukkah were not allowed on county grounds because of the holidays being religious in nature, Kwanzaa would be allowed because it's not religious, but cultural.
In an email war of words, County Commissioner Henri Brooks even went as far to accuse the Probate Court Clerk who filed the complaint, Chris Thomas, of being ignorant of the cultural event of Kwanzaa.
No, it wasn't the Probate Clerk who is ignorant of Kwanzaa, but the celebrant herself, Henri Brooks. The County Commissioner obviously hasn't read Dr. Karenga's books on Kwanzaa. She hasn't read that:
- Karenga believes that Christianity is a White religion.
- He believes Black people need their own identity, uh own religion.
- So instead of the Ten Commandments, he creates the "Black commandments" - the Nguzo Saba or Seven Principles.
- His Seven Principles are based upon the Kawaida Theory - a theory that lists Christianity and Judaism as mere mythology.
- Kawaida Theory insists that Black people need a new set of values for morality and a way of life
- Karenga calls himself "Seba" of the Kawaida Temple on a list of Clergy.
All of this is documented either on my website or on other sites. Kwanzaa is very clearly a religious celebration and Karenga is the Head Priest! Heck, Karenga stood in the place of a minister, and married my sister and her husband!!! At the dinner table, my sister and her new religion of Karenga based humanism, would bow her head down and give all praises to the Black Man!
Thank God she came to her senses and has come back to Jesus Christ and only Him does she now give her praises to!
The Probate Clerk, Chris Thomas, was not the ignorant one and had every right to ask for fairness. If Kwanzaa is allowed then what in the heck is so wrong in allowing Hanukkah and Christmas? Especially Christmas when this is what this season is all about for our nation of mostly Christian believers!!!!
As Bill Cosby would say, "Come On People!"
