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Re: A feminist angle
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Hello people,
I have only been on here twice, so please allow for my naivety in responding. I have seen many posts that identify the persons gender, gender bias, cultural bias, political bias and ordinary bias. In Jamaican culture and folklore many places like streams, wells, hills, trees and rocks have ‘duppys’ (spirits) associated with them. The spirit of a place and its ‘duppy’ has a gender, e.g male or female. Springs, wells, and water are generally female. My ex-husband who was from Haiti informed me the same is true of his birth place. In my marital home we had a charm hanging over the front door to stop evil ‘duppys ‘ entering our home, the charm was from Haiti (voudon) and was, yes, a swastika. Please, I have to endure eurocentric racist attitudes in my everyday life, I expected better of educated, free thinking and reasonable people.
Love nidge.


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Posted by nidge
2nd October 2006ce
15:27

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