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How To Celebrate Kwanzaa Despite the Actions of the Founder
The holiday is a collective that is bigger than any one of us. Let’s continue the tradition.
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Dec 28, 2020
“I celebrated Kwanzaa for the first time as an undergrad, after I nearly suffocated from the stark Whiteness of the liberal arts college I attended. On campus, Kwanzaa safely shrouded me in Blackness, Black creativity, and the Black community — if only for a week. Since then, the celebration’s seven founding principles have guided much of my life and work as a writer and advocate…” — Chanté Griffin
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