In response to:
"the Black Panthers did not hate whites. They did not seek armed revolution (although some of their most high-profile leaders were drug dealers and murderers)."
What??!!
Sorry Ann, my Dad was a college professor in the Sixties, a track coach and absolutely not racist, yet when the social censure committee he chaired voted to expel a violent black student we got to enjoy several weeks of terror as they threatened to fire bomb our house and kill my Dad. All this against a man who recruited fine minority athletes, who stood up to restaurant owners who refused to serve black members of the team and who fought for equal rights. Many hated whites solely for the color of our skin.
Is it just me, or does Kwanzaa seem to come earlier and earlier each year? And let's face it, Kwanzaa's gotten way too commercialized.
A few years ago, I suspended my annual Kwanzaa column because my triumph over this fake holiday seemed complete. The only people still celebrating Kwanzaa were presidential-statement writers and white female public school teachers.
But it seems to be creeping back. A few weeks ago, House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., complained about having to stick around Washington for fiscal cliff negotiations by accusing Republicans of not caring about "families" coming together to bond...
The firebombers identified themselves as Black Panthers
The firebombers identified themselves as Black Panthers