• holygon [he/him, comrade/them]
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    9 months ago

    Can anyone educate me on what Spiritual Bypassing is, and how it relates to White Supremacy? I'm from a quite secular place, so I can't say that I often experience people even being spiritual at all, so this is a blind spot for me. I Googled it, but could only find vague explanations on using Spiritualism to dismiss things. I'm aware of all the other concepts, so figure I might as well educate myself on the one I'm not aware of.

    • ElHexo [comrade/them]
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      9 months ago

      I think that's basically it, using religion to excuse no doing anything

      Now excuse me because I have to do my nightly prayers for communism

      • holygon [he/him, comrade/them]
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        9 months ago

        Ah I see. I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't some specific thing that I wasn't aware of. I appreciate the answer, thanks!

    • tamagotchicowboy [he/him]
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      9 months ago

      One example is plastic shamans, white people appropriating deep shamanistic/indigenous belief systems into a typically grifting and very shallow new age style framework. Another good example is what's happened with ayahuasca spiritual practices becoming mere vision tourism.