(*rant on*)
I'm going to make a sharp turn here and state publicly that I despise the term "African-American." Ok, so these people have an African heritage that they're proud of. Congratulations! It's a rich heritage. However, I don't go around demanding to be called a "German-American" or "British-American" or "European-American" or "Caucasian-American." If "white" people are called "Caucasian", then "black" people should be called "Negroids" or some such - it's an equivalent term. If it's "whites" and "coloreds" or "blacks," ok, but I can understand the reasons for getting away from those terms. IIRC, I believe that "Latin-American" people equally dislike the term "Hispanic," which is also broadly used on government forms and what-not.
I don't believe we should use country of origin for one group, continent for another, and culture for a third.
(*rant off*)
Ok, I'm done. We now return you to your regularly scheduled conversation.
I think Kwanzaa is a kind of generalized thing, rather than a specific event such as someone's birth or a specific deity's holy day or whatever. Might be a midwinter (midsummer?) festival.
Short answer = me dunno for sure either.
