The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for March 12, 2016
March 11, 2016
March 13, 2016
Transcript:
Huey: In today's Kwanzaa celebration, we'll be discussing the principle of cooperative economics. Caesar: Uh, Huey? Huey: Yes, Caesar? Caesar: You know I'm totally feelin' the way you're holdin' down the Kwanzaa thin. Mos' definitely. And I'm as black as the next man, right? I mean, I got dreads and everything! Huey: I know where you're going with this... If you leave to go play video games, yes - you're a sellout. Caesar: Just one game? These are real dreads, mind you... these ain't extensions.
Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1965 as the first specifically African-American holiday,2 (but see also Juneteenth). According to Karenga, the name Kwanzaa derives from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning “first fruits of the harvest”,3 although a more conventional translation would simply be “first fruits”. The choice of Swahili, an East African language, reflects its status as a symbol of Pan-Africanism, especially in the 1960s, although most of the Atlantic Slavery Trade that brought African people to America originated in West Africa.