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so much of western horror is thinly-veiled christian propaganda. the religions, beliefs, cultures, & traditions of Black, brown & Indigenous people continue to be imagined as demonic, immoral, irrational terrors against (mainly but not always white) protagonists in these stories. https://twitter.com/britttbanks/status/1311767847736086530
and most horror audiences simply accept their "evil" nature as truth due to decades of indoctrination & sublimal messaging through media & society at large.
see: Vodou, Hoodoo, Native American burial grounds & rituals, witch doctors & Shamans, brujeria, g*psy curses, etc.
see: Vodou, Hoodoo, Native American burial grounds & rituals, witch doctors & Shamans, brujeria, g*psy curses, etc.
meanwhile, christian horror plays like superhero narratives. the christians arrive to save the possessed from demonic possession or infestation, armed with the bible, crucifixes, & holy water. they almost always win against the evil w/the christian god & his angels on their side.
it would just be nice to see Black horror that—instead of following the lead of typical white story conventions—celebrates Black religious traditions & cultural roots outside of the christianity that was force fed to us by colonizers and human traffickers.
i'm still gon watch this though
