Thread by @OmowaleAfrika

We should move away from centering white people in cultural observations, that we’ve created for ourselves. Integrating #Kwanzaa with white society, would only serve to commercialize, and dilute the tradition.

https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome/status/1210252291695169537

The idea that #Kwanzaa is not mainstream, is another way of saying it hasn’t been accepted, and affirmed by white people. Why seek out their affirmation for our traditions, which we created for ourselves as an expression of our own Self Determination?

We don’t need their inclusion in our cultural or political projects, for them not to be marginal to us. As far as I’m concerned, #Kwanzaa is already mainstreamed, because my traditions are not marginal to me.

Besides, who even wants these RPOS celebrating our traditions anyway🤷🏿‍♂️