What Is Kwanzaa and How Is It Celebrated?

[@YouVSMeTV]

The woman explaining this video has an amazing voice. I want her to tell me a story everyday.

[@samanthatynisa]

I love her voice too. Thought it was just me 😀

[@staticerratic35]

Except it's a fake holiday invented by a racist in the 60 before he was convicted of torturing woman

[@YouVSMeTV]

@@staticerratic35 This had literally nothing to do with the comment you replied to. Zero, zip, nada, zilch. Thank you for your time and hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.

[@staticerratic35]

@@YouVSMeTV so, the point was to inform you being as you seemed to like the video and I guess support racist. Fun

[@YouVSMeTV]

@@staticerratic35 Everybody has a past. The founding fathers, most celebrities and public figures. What is your point?

[@alicescott833]

I celebrate Kwanzaa every year. Kwanzaa brings out the best in me. Every year my mother and I make sweaters and socks for the less fortunate in the community. It's feels good to see people's faces when I give them something. My mother has a picture of the seven principles of Kwanzaa hanging in the dining room. I try to live by the principles all year. I strive to have unity in my family and community. I set goals for myself and stay determined to accomplish them. I do collective work in my community. I practice cooperative economics. I define my purpose. I embrace my creativity. I keep my faith. Happy Kwanzaa 2019!

[@alicescott833]

@Thomas McGill 😄 I guess I am.

[@czoduqa]

Wtf does this mean?

[@amarab4404]

Awesome

[@tatumethicsoflxfe7898]

so how do you celebrate it im tryna learn

[@amysteward9591]

@@czoduqa google exists…

[@jamilaimani5315]

As an American black woman, I love the seven principles of Kwanzaa. I will be practicing this seven day celebration for the first time this year.

[@allerigictoreligion]

I to will be celebrating this for the first time. I never liked nor celebrated Christmas...hell any European American holidays I don't celebrate

[@dayjanae]

Same. Let me know how it goes

[@SuperGabetendo777]

Can't wait to try it out this year! So excited to learn more about my culture👐🏾

[@thekaikaigray]

Same!

[@Teedollaaaa]

Lmfaooooo

[@chanchanko4633]

I am half black and half Japanese. This year, I am going to start celebrating Kwanzaa. I’m very excited to learn more about my culture and celebrate my heritage❤️

[@shlimey04]

Mut

[@marcelacruz7661]

@@shlimey04 Shut your damn mouth.

[@user-ui5bx4pf9v]

im half black but mostly canadian

[@shlimey04]

@@marcelacruz7661 well its true shes a mut. We dont accept half breeds

[@vanessafarkas5777]

@@shlimey04 Do you speak for your whole race? Take a dna test I bet your mixed with something else too bug off.

[@tmastersat]

Kwanzaa, the “African feast,” really has “nothing to do with Africa and everything to do with California in the 1960s,” The “holiday” was created in 1966 by Ron Karenga served only four to five years in a state prison "convicted torturer. Here is an excerpt from an article about the May 1971 trial of Karenga for torturing two members of his group:

[@jjmaguire8281]

They don't want you to know that😂😂 AFRICANS DONT EVEN CELEBRATE IT 😂😂😂WTF...

[@jjmaguire8281]

KZbin SCUMBAGS put my comments back

[@gigimorton]

"People think it’s African. But it’s not. I wanted to give black people a holiday of their own. So I came up with Kwanzaa. I said it was African because you know black people in this country wouldn’t celebrate it if they knew it was American. Also, I put it around Christmas because I knew that’s when a lot of bloods (blacks) would be partying!” -Maulana Karenga, founder of Kwanzaa

[@the-based-jew6872]

The woman beater?

[@Alysaah]

I don’t know anyone who celebrates this and I don’t even know anything about it. It’s kinda sad but I wanna start celebrating it and learning more things about my culture.

[@ashleyeoff9232]

The exact reason I’m here!!

[@cockroachv]

It was made in 1966. What culture?

[@Alysaah]

@@cockroachv ok

[@Alysaah]

@RealKennyRay lol

[@benjybronk7718]

@@Alysaah The creator beat women with electrical cords!

[@nixoncode]

as a native swahili speaker, go on kwanzaa people! be you, always and forever

[@WakandaleezaRazz]

As a wakandan OH LAWWWWWWD ✊🏿🏀

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

Why would a holiday using Swahili language apply to all black people, most of whom have no relation at all to Swahili people?

[@pheemer]

I am a 60 year old white man and I have celebrated Kwanzaa since I was a child!

[@Naruto123476]

🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ why tho lmao

[@the-based-jew6872]

Why virtue signal?

[@the-based-jew6872]

@@Naruto123476 maybe he likes the black panthers.

[@MassachusettsTrainVideos1136]

@@Naruto123476 anyone can celebrate any holiday.

[@kevinwilliams1421]

Pants on fire

[@maureen8524]

I dont know any black people who celebrate kwanza

[@GearsinMotionGraphics]

Me neither

[@shaunaboo961]

Well you do now.. hello I’m Shauna nice to meet you🙂

[@scrub8143]

@@shaunaboo961 Hi Im John Quiñones with What Would You Do.

[@spacedog7513]

Hi my name is Kayla. Nice to meet you 😋

[@maureen8524]

@@spacedog7513 nice to meet you

[@lamoskgr]

Can Afro-Latinos celebrate Kwanzaa? I really want to celebrate it this year.

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

Sure but you need to buy a Kwanzaa license from me. $300.

[@MsKewi-NYC]

Yes you can! Happy Kwanzaa in advance and Merry Christmas too.

[@kassie650]

Mina Jones LOL

[@lamoskgr]

@@TheRealCaptainFreedom 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lamoskgr]

@@MsKewi-NYC Great. I bought the candles and the rest of the decorations today! I'll try to get the flag throughout the week 🙋🏾‍♀️❤️❤️

[@fr31155]

Very interesting and informative video about the beautiful tradition of Kwanzaa. I love learning about winter holidays. It is nice how all of the winter holidays (Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, Yule, etc.) have a lot in common, specifically lighting candles and spending time with friends and family.

[@kingforaday8725]

Was kwanza a dude that did something?

[@lindalawon9151]

At my former church at Bedford Central Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, New York named Juliet Europe Fraser and Jacqueline Europe Pettus both invited me to their home for one of the seven nights of Kwanzaa. Each night a different person from the church was invited and introduced to practice with their family. I appreciated it so much that passing it on to others became a yearly practice. Many people thank me even though now with the ongoing pandemic it is only through texts. I really appreciate the way the sister is passing on Kwanzaa and Thank You! Linda Beth Lawson New York.

[@SociallyTriggered]

Dr. Karenga went to prison for torturing women. His goal with Kwanzaa was to encourage communism in the black community. The term itself comes from Swahili which is east African and most blacks in America come from west Africa.

[@tomlovejoy2141]

Is beating someone with electric cords and inflicting injuries with a sodering iron one of the seven principles??

[@maxkillough7552]

My family used to celebrate almost every year. Divorces and stuff happened so our family is a tad fractured now, but rest assured, I sought out this video to rekindle that fire, hopefully!

[@MsDeeDeeGraham]

My family will start a new tradition for 2021.

[@redbenada798]

Thats great!

[@positivechristianidentity5647]

This is a holiday of oppressed women , who we're beaten and burned.... Also this holiday has nothing to do with black Americans, what do i mean by that. Intill we started allowing immigrants from Africa.. The black people who were brought here cam from a specific place in africa , which Kwanzaa uses language from a different place 🤔.... This has nothing to do with Africa or Uplifting black American culture.. Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 God bless 🙏 you and your family 👪 . Do research before buying into communist propaganda.

[@the-based-jew6872]

@@positivechristianidentity5647 most of the 1960 rhetoric is communist. Hence the fist insignia.

[@William1987GTA1]

"Who is the bigger fool? The fool, or the fool who follows him?" Obi Wan.

[@fernandoneugart]

enlightened genius

[@ghost21501]

Why didn't you mention how the founder went to prison for beating women?

[@lexa_power]

After watching this video, I’m not sure why all people don’t celebrate Kwanzaa. Seems like a great celebration and no downsides to honoring this holiday, “you can be any race any religion and any culture to celebrate the great and rich culture of African Americans and the African diaspora” as the narrator said. Well said! I think this holiday should be celebrated by all of us. I think there’s a misconception that it’s a religious holiday and some folks just don’t understand what it’s about. I wish i learned about Kwanzaa growing up in school. I was just always told we didn’t celebrate that because that’s not our culture. I wish my parents were more curious and wanted to celebrate other cultures too. I’m so sad that more people don’t know what Kwanzaa is really about.

[@joekaliber3167]

My Bday lands on Kwanzaa. Nice.

[@jamielogan7906]

Joe Kaliber Happy Birthday !!!! 😊

[@joekaliber3167]

Jaime Logan Thank you Jaime. Really appreciate it.

[@bigmangozg2677]

Happy birthday

[@reginamushi6582]

As a Swahili speaker this makes me extremely happy and proud...let live lead..xx

[@Cartia6269]

It shouldn't..

[@masegosehume1637]

Michael your opinion is irrelevant here!

[@jackieeeap2]

Ok but it never came from Africa

[@jimmyjawn4241]

It has nothing to do with Africa, Africans do not celebrate it, and almost no black people celebrate it here in the states.

[@jimmyjawn4241]

Also, December is not a harvest time in West Africa. Dr. Karazy made up this holiday so black people would not celebrate Christmas. However, most black people celebrate Christmas, the holiday that actually means something.

[@amateurnatural1573]

I have just read about the origin about Christmas that it's a pagan holiday. I know I am a lot late. But now I am thinking about what Kwanzaa has to offer me.

[@nicholsthomas2553]

NOTHING!! KAWANKA or what ever it is totally sucks. MARY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR🎊🎉🇺🇸TRUMP2020

[@redbenada798]

@@nicholsthomas2553 the fact that you took the time-

[@Yourmodesty8]

The real CHRISTmas is about celebrating the birthday of Our Lord & Saviour Jesus. Who was God born in the flesh, to save us from our sins. Ppl today make money off Santa Clause, ppl take Christ out of Christmas.

[@the-based-jew6872]

@@Yourmodesty8 Saint Nicholas is technically santa, but the holiday has been hijacked by grifters. As for new holidays, made by communists and woman beaters like the founder of kwanza, they just sound like propaganda and being at the time 1966it was prime time for communists in certain communities. Hence the fist. Mimicking the communist salute.

[@TEMPLEOFTAQWA]

​@@nicholsthomas2553FUCK CHRISTMAS

[@cash_eye]

Love these types of videos please keep them coming it's always fun to learn about other holidays

[@Cartia6269]

It's a fake holiday. The creator was also put in person for torturing women.

[@ziyaanjanmohamed5329]

you cant tell people what they can and can't do. Stop the Racism

[@CuteKidan18]

This will be my first year celebrating Kwanzaa with my kids I'm excited. Making my own candles

[@onix7108]

Don't; it was founded by someone who burned and killed multiple women with hot irons. Also, the candles have nothing to do with African culture, it was just taken from Jewish culture so the holiday seems more legit.

[@CuteKidan18]

@@onix7108 she said it was founded in the 60s. I'm not sure you were paying attention

[@the-based-jew6872]

@@CuteKidan18 he is right you know. The founder is an anml

[@WakandaleezaRazz]

I celebrate by stealin da thangs free ✊🏿

[@lilswolf2104]

Correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is it is a myth that this celebration was invented by Kerenga. It's name derives from a long held historical African tradition called first fruit: usually celebrated in Africa during December or January. Whereby the new crop of harvest would be celebrated with thanks, first to the king then to villagers who would sing,dance and eat together in a unity of thanks for the harvest. It also earmarked a time of new beginnings, economic growth, spiritual enlightenment etc... Kerenga therefore merely reintroduced long held traditional African tradition, somewhat forgotten because of the effects of diaspora, back to its rightful place of African American consciousness.

[@censorshipsucks9493]

No. it's not a myth. That felon, and woman torturer created this fake black Christmas. He took a little of this, and a little of that. Nice menorah he stole from the jews though cultural appropriation is wrong according to lefties. Than look a the fruit, and vegetables in the display. Corn is a new world food. They didn't have it in Africa.

[@BillyBob-ec5ox]

No, it’s a fake holiday made up by Karenga, and it takes from Eastern Africa, whereas the slaves came from Western Africa.

[@BillyBob-ec5ox]

“People think it’s African. But it’s not. I wanted to give black people a holiday of their own. So I came up with Kwanzaa. I said it was African because you know black people in this country wouldn’t celebrate it if they knew it was American. Also, I put it around Christmas because I knew that’s when a lot of bloods (blacks) would be partying!” -Maulana Karenga, founder of Kwanzaa.

[@AgentJamesBond]

So, if I'm Russian living in the US, I can create a holiday for myself?

[@AkaSwvy]

Go for it man

[@burgeryoufoundbehindthegrill]

Bylatikkah

[@Frumess]

American Ashkenazi Jew here. I love this so much. I would always hear about it growing up, but never took the time to learn anything about it or why it really exists. I love how it represents cultural values from a secular viewpoint. It's a beautiful modern tradition and important too! Happy Kwanzaa!!!

[@pakilee87]

It is a made up holiday. A black guy started it in the 1960s to compete with Christmas. There is nothing African about it to be honest. The guy just plucked words from African languages and took a menorah and refurbished it. Smh. The guy who made up this holiday ended up going to prison for beating up women.

[@brendanlake3682]

This holiday is a crime against humanity. A black nationalist came up with it in the 1900s and was convicted later of being a serial rapist. And yet you would let this man's legacy live on? They don't even celebrate it in Africa😂😂😂

[@kwameaboagye121]

Red means blood of our ancestors Black means race or ethnicity of our ancestors and Green means land of our ancestors

[@the-based-jew6872]

As an African, why the delay in returning here? Is it because America is better?

[@fernandoneugart]

and the black is for the color of the water supply in your home continent

[@natashaevsimon1441]

Thank you for this education. Now I will celebrate Kwanzaa.

[@WitchMedusa]

Nah dont, look into the guy who founded it, he legit abused women & admitted this holiday has nothing to do with Africa. Someone in the comments put a quote by him where he admits to lying about it because us "blacks would be partying around Christmas" or something like that. Screw kwanzaa

[@abc12eabc12e]

Happy Kwanzaa to all. It's such an holy and unifying holiday harmonious to all faiths.

[@tmastersat]

So you think its inventor was holly? Look him up

[@damoclesvi7736]

@@tmastersatHe only wanted to depose Christmas for being “too white” and beat women. What’s wrong with that?

[@jed1austinchannel772]

@@tmastersatyeeeeeeaaaaaaahhh not a very great guy

[@kingforaday8725]

Is this a new hbo show?

[@ExodusDB]

I might try kwanza one day

[@the-based-jew6872]

@yaya javon leaders of tribes and monarch in Africa were slv owners what's your point?

[@utsavsharma9011]

Merry Christmas to Lisa Guerrero. Please don't confront me.

[@cologne5677]

Best comment ive seen

[@stupidtreehugger]

No. Because Africa is such a successful place. 227 million in 1950; 1200 million in 2014 and set to be over 4000 million by end of this century. Nice

[@REEE-ui4cy]

@@stupidtreehugger how does this relate to this comment

[@darrenn9007]

@@stupidtreehugger First, your comment is irrelevant and second, what kind of a number is 4000 million??

[@stupidtreehugger]

So what if got a bracket the wrong way round. Some of you can't even comprehend basic numbers

[@youreperfectstudio4789]

Great video thanks for making it!

[@cordayacool7966]

Merry christmas yalll

[@chelseaturner2007]

You too 💙

[@fan9775]

It's April

[@shroast6990]

@@fan9775 the comment was made on December

[@fan9775]

@@shroast6990 badum tss

[@missrudy500]

Hmm I just learned so much about the founder. You guys should look him up

[@86Rosalina]

I dont resonte with Christmas. I must look into this Kwanzaa thing closely.

[@patriciacolors7178]

It is so fun especially if you can go to a community function.Make the Self-Determination to let yourself experience what brings you fulfillment in life Queen.I have faith in you.Imani.

[@86Rosalina]

Cr6479 the same way you used the internet to write your comment is the same way you can google the meaning. In future try googling before going through all this trouble.

[@IzzysTravelDiaries]

As an Eastern European I don't really know much about this holiday, so this is very informative!

[@Lioncair]

No one knows anything about it because it's a made up holiday invented by an extremely abusive convicted felon.

[@DerekSmit]

I just realized I can cherry pick whatever I like about Kwanzaa and celebrate it on December the 27th (or as some people call it the third day of Christmas). I think I will do this and teach my son this is completely normal.

[@waldo8040]

Happy kwanza to you and your family

[@DerekSmit]

@@waldo8040 thanks friend, happy Kwanzaa to you too! And let's hope 2021 is going to be a better year.

[@yonazworld]

My mother gave me the middle name of Imani - I’m so glad she did.

[@shimondabeast2855]

Not at all a copy of Hanukkah

[@ShemBane]

Not at all

[@stupidtreehugger]

And why? Because no chopping off pieces of baby boys. You stopped burning animals to a non-existent deity that supposedly enjoys the smell of burning flesh, you can also cease from chopping bits off your baby boys. I believe in you

[@stupidtreehugger]

Cease from being criminals this Hanukkah. Persuade the others. You know it makes sense. You know there is no medical reason. And even if there were a medical reason, which there isn't, you know IT IS WRONG. IT IS A CRIME. STOP DOING IT

[@kimkritzer5883]

Please tell me your being sarcastic!! Total copy of Hannukah

[@TSR228]

You sound bitter.

[@suepoch3931]

TFS!!! I didn’t know and now I do! Merry Christmas & Happy Kwanzaa!

[@crazando]

Well a Christian can celebrate kwanza,christmas,and hanukah without any conflictions

[@q.t.gamingfamily]

Crazando anonymous very true

[@bigdjbain6440]

I want to go to the program where is it located

[@patriciacolors7178]

Had a blast at KCMO Kwanzaa Umoja!

[@AlatOnDemand]

You’re from KCMO too?

[@shroomy350]

we as black people need to stop opening up our practices and celebrations and what not when no other race has willingly or easily done that for us. we're so afraid to say something is JUST for us when it really should be

[@the-based-jew6872]

As an African, What is taking you so long to return?

[@arigb6438]

@@the-based-jew6872lmaooo

[@joselucio3470]

I thought this was like an ancient holiday or something but it’s some guy that made it up in the 60s

[@staticerratic35]

And he was a racist woman torturer. Only one percent of all black Americas celebrate kwanzaa. And when ask not one seems to know anything about it.

[@joselucio3470]

Aaron Mayer ok cool. I had no idea. I really didn’t think it was an African Christmas or something like that. But I got suspicious when nobody knew what it was.

[@staticerratic35]

@@joselucio3470 just ask questions to anyone that claims to celebrate it. They never know anything about it. Just like people whom claim to be Christian's. Maybe 1 percent of all Christian's have read the bible. When quizzed even the one percent struggle. More non Christians have actually read the bible in my opinion... that's not fact though.

[@mrxd7953]

So the middle candle represents the colour of the people about whom Kwanzaa is about? (Kwanzaa was started in the 60's?) Non black african born people including whites, asians, middle eastern, south asian and purple space aliens have been many generations in africa before Kwanzaa, yet "Afreka" is considered a "black people place" how come then America is considered a "multicultural place" and not Native American? Just an "non caucasian" atheist point of view here. Considering the holiday was made up not to long ego it atta be more inclusive and not race bias with its choice of iconography. This is problematic don't you think?

[@monalisa9269]

Kwannza is..... On my birthday!💕🎂

[@amsfountain8792]

Wich countries in Africa celebrate Kwanza?

[@wjlim7498]

Kwanzaa makes me think of Sandra Lee's Kwanzaa Cake. LOL

[@naedatanner8832]

Cody...was looking for this comment!💖✌🇨🇦

[@morgan9775]

Kwanza makes me think of this www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dailycaller.com/2016/12/24/kwanzaa-was-concocted-by-a-deranged-felon-who-tortured-naked-women

[@rabekagonzalezshakur2021]

@@morgan9775 🤣

[@nieceypiecey100]

Must search for this now

[@mellandy87]

Christmas is a fake holiday it’s really from a pagan holiday called Saturnalia. It’s to celebrate the winter Solstice and Sun Gods of Greek and Egyptian mythology. Lol Y’all fake holiday just been around longer. Also Jesus was born In April

[@michaeldarabasz7210]

Very well explained.

[@matthewtyler3585]

KWANZAA TIME ✊

[@the-based-jew6872]

Nice communist fist.

[@christydethlefs9850]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video!! I’m happy that we can celebrate this culture

[@nessmastergengar4686]

I don’t know anyone who celebrates this

[@nodozhit]

Me too! I can't see myself being a trendsetter, either. And I don't go to a church. But I still like to observe Kwanzaa. I have my own way of celebrating its principles. It's also a great conversation starter with the more interesting people in the community. It's a great theme for a party after Christmas and before New Year's Eve. It's a great icebreaker for meeting new people. And a great way to reach out. Plus, it's at a great time of year to continue reaching out. And entertaining, too. More importantly, Kwanzaa doesn't necessarily involve spending more money. It's more about the necessity of spending a little quality time with the other people whom you also love and support.

[@spookynoble4391]

OMG OMG OMG! I have seen this and watch this video with Black Peter Griffin on KZbin and it was awesome! I love Kwanzaa because it's a fun holiday! I also love the candles that look like African flag colors! This is the best Kwanzaa video I have ever seen! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@Theglowuppost]

lol Africans dont celebrate this, only African Americans. We Africans don't know this.

[@liam-man7265]

Who else noticed that this video about Kwanzaa was uploaded on Christmas Day of 2019?

[@MaverickBasketball]

Nice Video I learned alot- Its very usefull

[@jaydanrae1518]

I wish we learned about this in school!

[@kwameaboagye121]

I have been celebrated Kwanzaa for twenty six years in London. For me it’s bring Africans together as well as continue where our ancestries left off. Kwanzaa means first fruits of our harvest for seven days 26th Dec-1 Jan every year. I totally agree that non Africans such as Irish Jews Chinese Hindus and Sikhs have their own holidays such as Hanukkah, Dragon Festival, St Patrick’s Day and Diwali but what about Africans? Kwanzaa is the answer. I never ever celebrate so called Christmas which is a non African pagan holiday of lies brainwashing and waste.

[@CODstreamz]

I'd like to celebrate Kwanzaa sometime

[@Stu8025]

This truly sounds like an awesome celebration. I’m glad I learned more about it.

[@Limitless-zz6no]

Yes

[@benjybronk7718]

The creator of Kwanzaa beat women with a electrical cord!!! Let that sink in!

[@colapinklink8120]

This guy (founder) tortured and raped women and was convicted of it. He burned their faces with hot irons and forced them to drink soap water...

[@reallyhunnie]

What?! I'm confused you can please put the time he came up (if he did)

[@colapinklink8120]

@@reallyhunnie 0:12

[@user-ui5bx4pf9v]

proof?

[@Alysaah]

You celebrate thanksgiving right?

[@reallyhunnie]

@@purpleontop9140 yes please

[@whimsicallady9759]

Idk anyone who celebrates Kwanzaa and I thought it was created not that long ago by a man who was trying to start a cult

[@trainwreck420ish]

The cia started it

[@malikasjourney6075]

@King Kardashian 😂😂😂

[@ShortRound_Games]

He was radical and violent person who was convicted of torturing 2 women in the 1970s

[@lukemccarthy5871]

You’re 100% right it was started by a guy trying to start a cult. He’s a horrible person

[@patriciacolors7178]

@King Kardashian Happy Kwanzaa you will have great cooperation in your community and wealtg in 2020.

[@zerkpion8615]

Merry Christmas inside edition

[@the-based-jew6872]

Cultural appropriation maybe.

[@te7epatia]

omg !!! dr linda humes was my professor !

[@christinesworld19]

She explained it so beautifully !!

[@SelkieGirl]

This has been very informational, thank you!

[@uwusammydashieuwu1866]

This made me cry bc at my school we sing this and if theres a girl name Valeria that is in Ángeles pls coment shes my fwend that i haved to leave to go to texas

[@shortstackanimations]

Rip

[@sxnz4298]

huh

[@sxnz4298]

huh

[@---df5sr]

How can a whole continent have shared values and cultures?

[@doctortabby]

So, it sounds like it is a celebration based very much on African culture, but also based on what I am hearing on this video, it also seems that as person of mostly European and some Native American decent that I would be welcome to participate celebrate Kwanzaa if I chose to do so.

[@logat1847]

No you would not be welcome, it’s for African Americans. It was founded by a black nationalist

[@softgender]

You would be welcome to enjoy the festivities and celebrate it alone or with others. Kwanzaa is holiday that has principles all humans can enjoy. Just as some Jews enjoy Christmas, and some atheists celebrate Hanukkah, European people can enjoy Kwanzaa. Just give respect to African people and their culture. It doesn't make sense to celebrate a holiday and not respect the culture that made it

[@doctortabby]

@@softgender I would think that in the midst of such a celebration that mutual respect amongst all would be a given.

[@softgender]

@@doctortabby most certainly

[@neveahdiani444]

@@logat1847 chill out cuh

[@johnharley7290]

Merry Christmas and have a happy new year

[@elishashore3951]

Merry hanukkah y'all

[@-dzw-921]

@@stupidtreehugger wtf.

[@elishashore3951]

@@stupidtreehugger can you please explain?

[@elishashore3951]

@Indy Behr let him think what ever he wants it's ok ( he's clearly not 100%)

[@stupidtreehugger]

BTW, the permanent link to every youtube comment is behind the timecode

[@elishashore3951]

@@stupidtreehugger everything is gonna be ok

[@stevek4259]

kwanza in swahili means first or begining.

[@juneshopper]

great explanation , have heard of it but never really knew what it means.

[@BigDaddy-vq5ks]

Yo dude where do I address my letter to Kwanzaa Clause to? I got things on my wishlist.

[@NestosBunkMate]

Send them to the Easter Bunny ..( when you insert yourself in something that doesn't pertain you

[@100ksubnovid8]

This Sounds like fun!

[@nicholsthomas2553]

NO IT DONT!!! KAWANKA TOTALLY SUCKS!!! MARY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR😆🇺🇸🎉🎊😝

[@ShawnyeProduction]

Awesome stuff, learned alot

[@1Jason]

Anyone else here after the Kamala Harris cringe video?

[@alexawray666]

True history of Kwanzaa

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

They get to rip Beyblades during Hanukkah

[@celiaescalante]

This is a great video. I imagined Kwanzaa was like Ramadan and Cuaresma.

[@cdean6566]

Kamala Harris should watch this video.

[@22568307r]

im sure she's heard of kwanza. or u think just anyone can become a world leader?

[@MrLennybach]

@Toly Gunn apparently I mean she is just another person.

[@scottchambers7087]

Dope describes my rhymes, making all you emcees cold drop like dimes. You know MCSC is back again, and battling me on the microphone is like committing a sin. Scott/King MCSC

[@quattro4468]

As a mexican I wish I had black friends that celebrate kwanza and would invite me over to experience atleast one of the days of kwanza.

[@BionicPig95]

I kinda like the candle setup they have. I’m white though, so I’ll just kind of take the things I like about the holiday and remove the African influence.

[@18matts]

So Kwanzaa is really Africa's take on Thanksgiving... Hey that's awesome. I thought Kwanzaa was a religious holiday... Wow I'm an idiot

[@ChrisJohannsen]

America's take

[@califreedume]

Marry Christmas Everyone 🎄🎁 and Happy Birthday Jesus Christ!!! 🍰🎂🎉

[@lizard1971]

Christmas is pagan and has nothing to do with the birth of Christ!

[@Oatmeal_cj]

Yo why dis look like Hanukkah in the thumbnail

[@smc130]

I wondered what Kwanza was. Harvest time..... in December?

[@queenzyonnax2296]

There's no harvest in the winter everything is dead in the winter time facts

[@thegroovyb3507]

@@queenzyonnax2296 maybe in America probably not Africa

[@queenzyonnax2296]

@@thegroovyb3507 Yes but my Elders From Guyana said that there's no Kwanzaa they've never heard of anything so crazy as this worshipping ,what that lady said those candles stands for, they do that naturally it's in them to do Right it's a oral and spiritual tradition facts

[@passportpimpin3676]

its based on african culture & theres no winter in africa

[@patriciacolors7178]

@Thomas McGill Christmas is a fake made up Holiday by white supremacist.You don't want to see the Black ADOs Community strive through the 7 Principles but we do not have to assimilate to you or make you feel comfortable around US.Kwanzaa is the most goal focused and economically advantageous holiday to Black Americans.It is about Community and honoring Community elders.Europeans and some Africans that "just dont get it😔" got the Diaspora all the way twisted.Quit being a bitter victim over how we create our own out of nothing.We don't owe you anything.Umoja-Unity

[@mjlight]

Wow ... spirit is leading me to connect with my roots this year!

[@britneyn2669]

It's the Brothers and Sisters Christmas 🎄

[@laniserazor3060]

I love it❤🖤💚

[@WitherRakdos]

❤🖤💚

[@Abel_Makkonen_Tesfaye-0]

❤️💚🖤

[@truefalse934]

❤️🖤💚, 🤎✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿!!

[@txdap786]

Merry Christmas to you from Austin Texas...

[@RealJackHQ]

I first learned about Kwanzaa on Blue’s Clues. I thought it was so cool, and I still do 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗.

[@dvds1571]

Can I celebrate kwanza if I’m not African American? This seems really cool

[@sethmouton3827]

That was some intense dancing

[@trinimom7686]

I want to incorporate this into our home