Before you go wishing anyone a “Happy Kwanzaa” this week, allow me to let you all in on a little history lesson. Kwanzaa is a completely fake holiday invented by a violent felon named Ron Everett in the 1960s. He grew up on a poultry farm in Maryland and eventually changed his name to Ron Karenga. He was once charged with torturing members of his own cult. He eventually declared himself a “cultural nationalist” and began to teach others about the ancient African tradition of Kwanzaa which was completely made up out of his own crazy head. Kwanzaa is as much of a national holiday as “Festivus” from the old Seinfeld episode. So remember, if you wish someone a “Happy Kwanzaa”… the joke is on you.
