Meet Mr. Terraza...

i often click the button in the upper right hand corner that takes us to the never land of other people's blogs. sometimes i comment, other times i don't. sometimes the blog is in another language, i click next blog again. well, today, i came across this blog Saving Sanity. I'm sorry but I lost it. I've included my comments below. i encourage any all of the wonderful people who "know" me and read my blog to visit or express your opposition to my opinion. Without further ado...


At the end of his post, Mr. Terraza writes,

In short, Kwanzaa is an cheap American holiday passed off by a black dude to other black dudes as a tradition rich in African culture, when in fact, its entire history was written by an ex-con nobody. This is not a matter of race what-so-ever, so do not take it as such. This is just one man expressing how his distaste for a completely made up holiday. So hang up the moo moos and put the cornucopias back in the pantry. Kwanzaa is, and has always been completely bogus.

I left this comment:

So my first question is: what does it matter to you whether Kwanzaa is completely made up by Ron Karega or any other Black person? Does it stop your paycheck from coming? Does it prevent your family from loving you? Does it prevent you from participating in good sex? (Well, that's a few more than one question.)

When you think about it, Christmas is a completely made up story. It's just a story you choose to believe in. This is very much about race. It seems to me that white people are more afraid of being called racists than telling the truth. This is about white domination and privilege. If you don't like Kwanzaa and don't want to celebrate it, that's fine, don't. But please do not criticize it like you have another alternative to bring marginalized people together. The fact of the matter is that Black people and other People of Color are suffering from white oppression, similar to the racist "I'm not a racist" rhetoric that you've posted on you blog.

Oftentimes when I speak the truth like this, it offends white people. As one of my white friends tells me, white people cannot stand to be confronted with the mirror that reflects their unearned privilege and shows the reality of pain that have inflicted and continue to inflict upon people of color. I have just one more question:

How do you look?