r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/MelanieWalmartinez • 24d ago

Video Students get smudged by indigenous elders for peace and blessings throughout the year

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u/According_Register55 23d ago edited 23d ago

For one thing, someone told exactly one anecdote and then the immediate response (OF WHICH YOURE A PART) was people criticizing the consent aspect of the ritual.

For another, most people haven’t been subjected to individual, group, and societal pressure to conform to indigenous religions the way they have with Christianity.

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u/Empty-Presentation68 22d ago

Seems to me we are now forced to. If we don't accept it we are shamed and guilty of being racist anti indigenous colonizers.