Tag: i’m white tag

tooconnoisseurwitch:

mothyseawitchery:

if you’re a witch who is caucasian you can’t:

• do smudging
• practice voodoo/hoodoo
• be a bruja
• be a shaman
• call yourself a g*psy
• have a spirit animal
• do anything from a closed culture

you know why? because you’re not part of those cultures thus you can’t do or be any of those without appropriating it. also calling yourself a slur is fucking gross man. don’t do it. g*psy doesn’t mean free spirited it’s a literal slur for the romani people.

however, you can:

• take aspects from open cultures and your culture
• be a certain type of witch
• do smoke cleansing
• study herbology
• have a patrnous/familiar
• do tarot
• make moon water
• do basically anything that isn’t from a closed culture

do things from open cultures and your culture, don’t take from other closed cultures because, again, it’s cultural appropriation

and when i mean Caucasian i mean

I’m a mut, spanning from every which culture, spirits are not bound by color when being reincarnated. If you feel you are this or that, and you take it seriously and are respectful, then all the power to you. Do NOT let anyone tell you what you can or can’t be, do not let ANYONE limit you. The Spirit is not bound by mundane “race”.

this is it,the worst thing i’ve ever read

like yes… race is a social construct… but that doesn’t suddenly negate the harm and consequences to your racist actions. maybe think about how race is socially constructed in different ways than just “how can i use this to benefit myself?” because, maybe race is something that actually affects other people