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Ron Karenga

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The Resume

    (July 14, 1941- )
    Born in Parsonsburg, Maryland
    Birth name was Ron Everett
    Founded the Black Nationalist organization United Slaves (1965)
    Introduced the holiday of Kwanzaa (1967)
    Chair of the black studies program at the University of California, Long Beach (1989-2002)

Why he might be annoying:

    He and two associates were convicted of assault for torturing two women, Deborah Jones and Gail Davis, who he accused of poisoning him by putting 'crystals' in his food (September 17, 1971).
    The two women were beaten with a baton, whipped with electrical cords, burned with a soldering iron and had drain cleaner forced down their throats.
    After he was released from prison, he declared himself a Marxist (1975).
    Since Kwanzaa was not a traditional African holiday, it has been condemned as fraudulent.
    A year after introducing Kwanzaa, he called Jesus 'psychotic' and said that Christianity is a white religion that blacks should shun.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was the first black president of the student body at Los Angeles City College.
    His 'Introduction to Black Studies' became a standard textbook.
    He modified his religious stance, writing 'Kwanzaa was not created to give people an alternative to their own religion or religious holiday.' (1997)
    Similarly, he declared that Kwanzaa can be celebrated by people of any race, 'just like other people participate in Cinco de Mayo besides Mexicans.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 20 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 94 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 54 Votes: 53.70% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 36 Votes: 52.78% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 212 Votes: 69.81% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 61 Votes: 77.05% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 36 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 56 Votes: 69.64% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 434 Votes: 75.35% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 577 Votes: 79.72% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 90 Votes: 76.67% Annoying