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In regards to the Voodoo Symbols within Hazbin Hotel.

The misuse of Voodoo signs is NOT superstition.

These signs come the type of Voodoo that has it’s origin within the country of Haiti.

A country that is majority black.

The culture has always seen these signs as genuinely sacred.

(And also dangerous as Voodoo is something NOT to be reckoned with!) 

And therefore the Haitian culture is BLACK CULTURE.

They are not your art project.

The are not your fan fiction.

They are not your toy.

HAITIAN CULTURE IS BLACK CULTURE.

Black 👏 Culture 👏 is 👏 not 👏 your 👏 toy.

Voodoo is NOT something to play around with and using it improperly is genuinely dangerous.

Therefore Haitian people deserve to be represented with actual research and GENUINE RESPECT.

And before someone tells me:

“Oh the cross is used everywhere and thats a religious symbol too!”

The cross is multi culture and to use it was to honor Jesus Christ.

“Its in HELL! Who cares about the religions!”

The creators of Hazbin Hotel are not in Hell.

Therefore as human hands we should respect other cultures and religions within media!

“What if im an atheist??? I dont like any religions so it should matter to me if they are disrespected by the creator if im not a part of the culture?”

This isnt just about religion,

This is about the BLACK CULTURES Hazbin Hotel has been misrepresenting instead of using actual respect!

So for anyone who see’s this message:

Our black cultures are not your toy.

The misuse of Voodoo is genuinely dangerous and has caused actual deaths.

These are the cultural traditions of an actual country.

None of you who have misused it have ever been approved by an actual practitioner of Haitian Voodoo.

You should avoid using it Voodoo or Haitian Culture within your fan fictions or media unless you have done either genuine research or actually asked an Haitian about the culture.

The creator did NOT do proper research and is therefore disrespecting the cultures and traditions of Haitian and Creole people by using their signs and cultures without actual sources or ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO THOSE WHO ARE CREOLE OR HAITIAN.

Vivziepop is not immune to cultural appropriation and therefore she should have ALSO did proper research and had some genuine respect towards Black Cultures and our ancestors.

Creole and Haitian culture belongs to THOSE people and therefore the misuse is cultural appropriation and disrespect.

Black Culture belongs to those who are BLACK and therefore the denial of doing research on our cultures is anti blackness.

All I can say for everyone in the fandom is this:

Read a book, Do your own research, Ask around.

Stop using cultural appropriation for your cartoons.

Thank you.

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Barbenheimer Double Feature

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I hope hobie says this in the next film

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1000 likes!

#1000 likes #tumblr milestone

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Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) dir. Eric Radomski & Bruce Timm

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Anyone want to give her an answer? 

(Batman Incorporated 001)

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Josef Adamu in Abuja, Nigeria

Learn As You Go! – [shot by David Ogbe] 🇳🇬

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Why is this so similar to how my brain works 🤣

Keanu Reeves as Keanu Reeves in Always Be My Maybe, 2019.

Bonus:

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Okay, I might have a type 🤣

loid said:

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Review: The Masterful, Unsettling Work of a Female Cuban Printmaker 

Nkame: A Retrospective of Cuban Printmaker Belkis Ayon is the first solo museum exhibition in the United States dedicated to the work of Belkis Ayón (1967–1999)—the late Cuban visual artist who mined the founding myth of the Afro-Cuban fraternal society Abakuá to create an independent and powerful visual iconography. The exhibition continues at the Fowler Museum through February 12, 2017. 

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Desejo em nome de Èsù que a sua semana seja abundante de fé, carregada de asé, alimentada de boas energias e movida por atitudes! Que Èsù seja o caminho seguro que você precisa. Quem cultua Èsù não pode cultuar a dúvida. Èsù é a certeza! Quem é amigo e protegido de um Èsù não pode duvidar. A dúvida é uma ofensa perante a grandeza desses homens que olham por nossa vida. Se a humanidade soubesse o quão nobre é esse Ser. Não teriam tantas inquietações, angústias e medos. Èsù levanta o Mundo com uma mão, e com um sopro bota cada um em seu lugar. Èsù é aquele vento bom, que quando pega, joga pra longe toda a negatividade a nós destinada e também a por nós absorvida. Èsù é a prova viva na Terra que Olodumare deixou para mostrar-nos que viver é bom. Que os bons amigos se espelhem em Èsù, e que os maus tenham coragem para prestar conta aos olhos de Olodumare na Terra. A conta não chega no final da vida. Que essa semana seja recheada de coisas boas. Que seu coração possa ser acalentado, caso haja dor. Que seu caminho possa ser sereno, caso esteja passando por momentos ruins. Que você seja a sua boa sorte. Que Èsù seja seu amigo! Honre-o! Louve-o! Acredite nele! Creia em você!

Oyanitiatiiná 🔥

#ilêaséibádanaràká🌈 https://www.instagram.com/p/CpKwp8COH23/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Angela Davis, political activist, and author, by Chuck Styles

“I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.” – Angela Davis

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60 Years Ago. Harlem Chapter of the Black Panther Party. “The Harlem Branch was one of the first to be formed outside California. Over the years, the Harlem Branch became the central offices for the entire state of New York.”

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Source: Roxy Vail

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Knives of ill repute #5: Okapi

[Part of the series Knives of Ill Repute.]

A direct descendant of the Spanish navaja and the French cra-cra, the Okapi is an ideal folding knife for rowdy discontented youths: mass-produced, cheap, fancy, and noisy. Okapi is technically the name of the German manufacturer, which made lots of other knives in the 20th century, but now we mostly mean these ones, with wood or bakelite handles, the iconic moon-and-stars decoration (optional), and more importantly, the ring and the ratchet. The Okapi gained a bad rap in two separate instances, in Jamaica in the 1960s and in South Africa from the 2000s.

In Jamaica, it was associated with the rude boy subculture, which came out of shanty-towns in the late ‘60s and took Kingston by storm. Petty gangs, street violence, turf wars, plenty of reasons for discontent, and lots of playing (and occasionally stabbing) with Okapi knives, called simply “ratchets”.

Better Mus’ Come (dir. Storm Saulter, 2010: “The film follows warring political factions in 1970s Jamaica as they enlist the support of gangs to enforce their policies, and advance their political agenda.”

The local music scene – reggae, rocksteady and ska – often talked about rudies and their knives, with some ambivalence. Half of the time it glorified them, as in “Tougher than Tough (Rudies Don’t Fear)” by Derrick Morgan: “Now this court is in session and I order all you rude boys to stand. You’re brought here for gun shooting, ratchet using, and bomb throwing. Now tell me rude boys, what do you have to say for yourselves?” “Your Honour, rudies don’t fear. Rougher than rough, tougher than tough, strong like lion, we are iron!”

But other times the scene – or Jamaica, for that matter – was not at all impressed, it scolded them (“Simmer down” already!), and criticised them, as here by The Slickers: “Walking down the road with a ratchet in your waist, Johnny you’re too bad.”

(And if ska weren’t enough, here’s some more dad rock for ya: Keith Richards got an Okapi in Kingston at some point and made it his EDC, he did photoshoots with it and would use it to open bottles of bourbon and shit, I think he still carries it if he’s still alive. Is he?)

Okapi knives were originally manufactured in 1902 for export to Germany’s colonies. In 1988, production (tools and trademark) moved to South Africa, and the wide availability of this cheap but fancy knife soon made it a tool of choice for people, including troublemakers.

By 2010, police were complaining that criminals prefer Okapis to firearms, that “80%” of stabbings are inflicted specifically by Okapis (allegedly; never trust cops), and that they should be classified as dangerous weapons (which could result in a prison sentence for simple possession). We’re still talking about a cheap folding knife that’s routinely carried by anyone, young and old, urban and rural, men and women. So they were not, in fact, classified as such.

That said, the tsotsi (thugs) of Johannesburg and Cape Town and the rural provinces absolutely carry Okapi knives, since they are both disposable and effectively untraceable, AND fancy, for maximum swagger and showing off. They’re also customisable. Custom jobs are a whole thing, you can end up with…

…what even is that, is it a knife any more? Does it cut? If you ask me it’s a morale breaker, that’s what it is.

[Part of the series Knives of Ill Repute.]