Did you hear what the brother said when he poked the guy in the arm? "you need to be more careful about burning people!" LOL Not even suprise or shock...

That's how you know it's actors and bollocks. I would have expected fear or something if that actually happened.

Besides, Voodoo is a serious real religion is it not? With roots in Africa... And therefore is this cheap dolly stuntnot mere mockery of that religion?

Haitian here.



Misrepresentation of voodou and other aspects of Haitian culture

represents the west's hatred of Haiti having DARED to defeat the french slave owners and colonists and formed a free republic in 1804. whites have NEVER gotten over that.

started with the French (play) the Comedians.....and is reinforced in western media.

It's religious/spiritual beleifs from Africans from dahomey/benin region of Africa....mixed withelements of slave owners' religion..which in Haiti was French catholicism....

Many parts of african diaspora hold on to the beleifs systems of their ancestors..

hoodoo, obeah, santeria..etc



None are as villified as what exists in Haiti..and it's not by accident.....white people never forget (or forgive)getting kicked in the ass....by Haitians...so at any chance we are mocked and disrespected in press, media, etc ..Ethiopians defeated Italians in battle so they get it too...



Having said that...dolls,zombies etc....all part of religious manipulation that occurs in all forms of religions by clergy to control the lay people.

Misrepresentation of voodou and other aspects of Haitian culture

represents the west's hatred of Haiti having DARED to defeat the french slave owners and colonists and formed a free republic in 1804. whites have NEVER gotten over that.




WORD!! niceone.gif Great point

Also how they term it "black magic" with all sorts of evil undertones while their kids are something sweet and nice like "wicka" or whatever lol...

Darren brown does a similar thing. You can check it out on the channel 4 website.

My father is a retired pastor/ security guard. He retired shortly after I was born buthas been a root doctor as long as I can remember. From my experience, voo-doo dolls are real but they don't work in the way we've grown acustomed to. ( like in that video ) It takes a lot of concentration and faith. I've never seen it work instantly but have heard numerous stories from my fathers 'customers' about it working. He gets paid GREAT 'donations' for his services.

Brigand,



when the stereotypes are created.......the ones doing it know exactly why they are doing it....in times, the steretype becomes so pervasive that later generations may not know the origin/reason fro the stereotype...they just beleive and reinforce it...



todays racists are only repeating what their fathers and grandfathers told them growing up.....they don't know or care the origins or roots of the stuff they repeat....historians do, but the average joe racist is just repeating what he's heard.