That’s an interesting connection. Do you think the dismissal of curses comes more from cultural conditioning, or is it a deliberate attempt to ignore the power dynamics at play?
I think it is absolutely about power dynamics, albeit most yt practitioners don't think to question such collective "wisdom" unless their personal bubble gets burst. When that happens, they don't talk about it because they don't want the stigma the dismissal is designed to feed.
Interesting perspective! Could you elaborate on what specific power dynamics you see at play when people dismiss curses? And how do you think this dismissal benefits certain groups?
So it comes back to demonizing the other. At its root it is the mentality of “mine is better,” whether religion, skin tone, or socioeconomic class. Initially it was “those lessers do those things but not us!*” to “those lived experiences aren’t real, we are the default!”
*if you look into the rather enthusiastic history of murders in the medieval church/European aristocracy, curses were a thing until assuming an air of “we wear more clothes so we Must be superior” became baseline colonialism propaganda in Africa & the Americas.
I don’t think people who dismiss like this are even aware of the roots of that dismissal. It is part of how “the rules are for you but not for me,” are still woven into the “I only acknowledge the light,” mentality. Notably the light only people generally resist taking accountability.
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