[Wisdom]

I am African American and I, my family , nor any of my AA friends celebrate Kwanza. (I don't know that it is as widely celebrated as books or tv make it out to be.) I think the best thing that non AA people who are raising AA kids can do is include other AA people in your circle of friends. I saw a DVD recently of adult AA kids who'd been raised by CC families, and the primary complaint of the AA children was not being connected with people of their race growing up (through church, school, community, etc). It was a very interesting film. I'm not saying Kwanza isn't a good thing to do, but it's not necessarily something that all AA people do.