Thanks for the spelling correction. :)
@josie The Catholics are Christians. Or, is that what you meant?
I can understand why Black people in America might feel Christianity was a white religion. It’s part of the schpiel used to convert African Americans to the Muslim faith. Christianity is presented as the Slave owners religion.
A woman I worked with was Muslim, I don’t know if she was raised Muslim or converted, and one day she was telling me that black Americans don’t get to have traditions from their country or know their history like white people, and she talked about having that for her boys. You know I get a little smart alecky when black people feel they have the corner on suffering. I told her (in a very nice tone) “you start your family traditions. The food, the routine, the holidays, you can do it.
Anyway, I think Kwanzaa maybe was a genuine attempt at starting a tradition for the black community.