Chicago’s Mayor Celebrates Kwanzaa While City Suffers Violence

Chicago’s Mayor Celebrates Kwanzaa While City Suffers Violence
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a press conference at the Richardson Middle School in Chicago on June 14, 2021. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times
Theodore Dalrymple
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot wished the inhabitants of her city a happy Kwanzaa, the wholly invented African American festival that’s about as African as Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) descent is Amerindian.

Theodore Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple
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Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor. He is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York and the author of 30 books, including “Life at the Bottom.” His latest book is “Embargo and Other Stories.”
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