Hugging thyself is a strange concept for me. I’ve only ever known affection from expressing it to others or having others express to me. But never I see others expressing it to themselves? And im NOT talking bout treating yourself. I mean, I never truly mothered myself the way I felt like my momma couldn’t but it made me realize, I’m now the momma to the child—the soul that guides this sacred body. If you dont know how to momma yourself, how can we become a momma to others? As women? As men? Especially for men cuz i know men have a hard time discerning “faggotry” from feminine nature—which is nurturing, creativity, emotional intelligence, vulnerability, fluidity like the water. As opposed to masculinity being the centre of rigidity. Anywho. enjoy my visuals. I know y’all be fw it
I actually kind of remember that map from school. Also i remember in elementary school, a teacher telling the class that black people just “decided” to help grow America. She also didn’t work at the school very long either. But the information coming out is just wow!
This has been on my mind for a while but tbh if you aren’t a descendant of enslaved africans in america you aren’t practicing Hoodoo. While I appreciate the afro-latin homies, I’m tired of y’all feeling like you have room to speak on what is and isnt hoodoo.
No shade all tea, how can a practice born under the influence of oppression and slavery in america benefit someone under the oppression and slavery in latin america—or anywhere else. This is a problem with the umbrella of Blackness. They are not the same and I really wish we could have a conversation about this nuance within Hoodoo.
It’s also cringe considering the amount of anti-blackness I’ve seen exhibited by afro-latin “Hoodoo” practitioners.
Hoodoo as it is and has been, is more so like a gateway tradition where people connect with their ancestors then go to some other ATR. But I genuinely feel there’s unspoken centering of none 100% AfAm’s within certain spaces of Hoodoo practitioners and I’m 100% over it.
2021, Hoodoo isn’t a catch all for any body Black. If that makes you mad, take it up with your ancestors.
