***Being "woke" is keeping the big picture in mind, as we navigate neo-colonialism (neo simply means new and colonialism means the economic and cultural power of one group against a distinct people. e.g. America, the former enslavers of Blacks and indigenous people.)
A Look at the December Holidays
Christmas (Dec 25): Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, with traditions of trees, lights, and gift-giving.(Critique: it’s not really Y’Shua’s (Jesus’s) birthday, but it bolsters year-end economic bottom lines for corporations thru massive consumer consumption.)
Kwanzaa (Dec 26 - Jan 1): A cultural celebration of African-American heritage, focusing on unity, family, and community, with principles like Umoja (unity) and feasts (Karamu). (Critique: celebrated during the same period as Xmas to awaken a critical analysis amongst Black people surrounding the commercialism of Xmas, and the need for unity and cultural awareness in our community.)
Hanukkah (8 days, varies): Celebrates the Maccabean's (a priestly family of Jews) revolt against the Greeks and the Greek cultural influence over them, in the 2nd century. It involves lighting the menorah candles and eating oil-fried foods. (Critique: deemed emblematic of the white European cultural grab of Black history. While inter-mixing of Black/Caucasian people did occur over the millennia, resulting in Caucasian-looking modern Jews, the current Ashkenazi deleting of the Black Hebrew roots, of the religion and culture, is vilified (critiqued) by woke Blacks -- e.g. Movies, often financed by Jews, ignore the primary source realities of the Chaldeans, Persians, Babylonians, and Egyptians prior to the emergence of whites.) Sources of Black history are evidence-based depictions and Gen. 10:6... ., the table of nations, Ham's descendants -- Gen. 10:22 Shem and the Elamites, who were the Persians, where the Chaldeans and Abraham derived.
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