[Kate]

Is it appropriate for white folks to wish black folks happy Kwanzaa? Or display Kwanzaa decorations? Or even celebrate Kwanzaa themselves? My 7 year old son asked me if we would be celebrating Kwanzaa this year and it just got me thinking. The core values Kwanzaa celebrates are great, and I want my kids to grow up seeing things African-American as no more alien to them than the Irish-American and Russian cultural input they get at home. I just don’t know if marking the event in our lily white family would seem ridiculous (or god forbid, disrespectful) to my black neighbors and co-workers, much less my son’s classmates.

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Name : Kate, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, Age : 34, City : Columbia, State : MD, Country : United States, Occupation : Diplomat, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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