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For decades, it has been common for people to throw around terms like “voodoo politics,” “voodoo economics,” “voodoo science” and “voodoo medicine” to reference something that they think is (newsie.social)
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For decades, it has been common for people to throw around terms like “voodoo politics,” “voodoo economics,” “voodoo science” and “voodoo medicine” to reference something that they think is ridiculous, idiotic or fraudulent.

But voodoo is an extremely problematic term with a deeply racist history.

https://theconversation.com/how-the-word-voodoo-became-a-racial-slur-220205
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] i never heard that. I just know the expression of "snake oil ..." - but maybe these folks are too close to the white cheaters of the wild west...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected]

Cause I'm a Voodoo Child
Lord knows I'm a Voodoo Child baby
-- Jimi Hendrix