Posted on 01/21/2015 7:09:22 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A week ago most people had never come across rapper Azealia Banks. She flew onto everyone’s radar on Saturday with just one tweet. It was as follows-
And time to put death spells on cops who kill innocent civilians and think they can get away with it….. OKURRRRRR?!
Immediately people began to respond on twitter with calls to the ancient magicks and the ancestors. People called Azealia a racist, and some Wiccans even chimed in with the three fold law. If there were any Pagans out there that thought they didn’t have “a nickel in this quarter,” they must admit they do now. Much has been written about #BlackLivesMatter here on Patheos Pagan and elsewhere. I wrote my own piece in response to the violence and unrest, standing in solidarity with the other mothers, as the parent of a murdered child and a woman of color. But be whether you call it courage or audacity, Azealia Banks ( a self-described witch) has taken these discussions to a whole new level.
For me, as a Voodoo priestess, serious questions of ethics are always involved. Most of the questions I get however, usually stem from ignorance and fear about this and other traditional African Religions. Zombies and Voodoo dolls are only some of the things tainted by inaccurate myth. There are however many ways to deal with enemies and dangers, especially when you are in the right. Personally and professionally, I gave up making value judgments a long time ago. Rap is about resistance and Voodoo is too. People have done some extreme things to protect their home and family. Voodoo, Vodou, and other African diasporan religions are built on the backs of slavery and oppression, and it’s protection magicks are strong. Is it wrong for Ms. Banks or others to call on the power of their ancestors to protect their “innocent” loved ones? Are people upset because she called for death ? Because it’s the police? Most likely a combination of all of these, with a few more thrown in.
I find it interesting that while much of the media has picked up Azealia Banks’ “hot tweet,” the original statement didn’t get that much attention ( only 139 retweets as I write this 3 days later.) It may not have gotten any attention at all had it not been Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. In any case it was conveniently timed. Personally I’m not exactly sure what she was advocating, candles, chants, or something more. 140 characters doesn’t leave much room for interpretation.
I would love to hear what everyone thinks about these issues of magick, justice, and retribution, please leave your thoughts in the comments below. And remember sharing is caring !
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This publicity hound should join forces with the regular cast of race baiters. The majority of people never heard of her before the rants began. What did Willie the Shake say... “Strutting and fretting. Full of sound and fury...signifying nothing.”
To answer the question: neither.
Correct answer is brain damaged druggie.
She has talked about how her mother bashed her head against walls when she was young.
She has brain damage.
“For me, as a Voodoo priestess, serious questions of ethics are always involved.”
Well, that’s reassuring!
Man, if this was some script for a comedy bit, I would not be able to read it with a straight face.
Chronic lack of careful thinking produces contradictions like this: “serious questions of ethics are always involved” and “I gave up making value judgments a long time ago.”
Ping.
Don't think I will pay an further attention tho this.
I’ll take “Idiot racist jerks” for 200, Alex.
Whats a Magickal Vigelante?
Attention-seeking twit.
So Azealia is calling herself a ‘Witch” this week, huh?
Something tells me she misspelled the word Witch.
Definitely. From:
http://www.self-titledmag.com/2014/11/13/the-self-titled-interview-azealia-banks/
Paul Auster wrote a piece about you in the Guardian in 2009. I think you were even going by Miss Bank$ then. Did you graduate high school?
"I left senior year. I went to school for my drama block and that was it. I was living with my sister at the time, so I would leave really early in the morning and I would go hook up with some dude, and we’d f@cking f@ck all day, smoke, and I’d go to school, be an actress and then go like on two auditions a day."
I am flabbergasted Paul Auster wrote a piece about her.
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