[CroMagna]

Last but not least

Voodoo

LIKES

• Reverence of ancestors, strong respect for forefathers and foremothers
• Reconnect with West African roots
• Reconnect with third world communities of Haiti and Latin America
• Misunderstood, possible result of slavery (root for the underdog)
• Aesthetics (bright colors of foods, each god has a brilliant color, food, and item)
• Humanistic towards women (priests and priestesses equal, gods and goddesses equal, main god has a mother)
• Friendly towards gays (Oshun is the patron saint of lesbians)
• Would work well with Christianity (syncretism)

DISLIKES

• Difficult to find community in the US
• Hard to explain to people including many urban Africans, Haitians, and Latinos
• Don't know as much about the religion as I ought if I'm going to be in it, would have to do a lot of research and interviewing to make sure I'm not being inaccurate
• Difficult to find opportunities to practice it in the US