First and foremost, Kwanzaa “is not a replacement for Christmas,” said Sadiki Kambon of Roxbury.
“We tell parents . . . ‘why are you taking your rent, mortgage, and food money to buy toys that within a week they won’t even be using?’ ” said Kambon, 68. “On the sixth night [of Kwanzaa] we exchange gifts, but not 56-inch wide flat screen TVs that make you go into debt.”
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Which of the seven principles covers dependence on EBT cards and public assistance?
Green is for the cash you get from your EBT cards. Red is the color of the blood that will be shed once the warm weather returns, the gangbangers return to the corners, and the false bonhomie of Kwanzaa is forgotten for another year. I'll skip black, I'm in enough trouble already. Is Kwanzaa big in Bowdoin-Geneva? I didn't see Big Nate mention it once.