voodoo

(noun)

Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.

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Examples of voodoo in the following topics:

  • Slave Religion

    • As Christian missionaries and slave owners attempted to erase African religious and spiritual beliefs, Blassingame argues that "in the United States, many African religious rites were fused into one—voodoo. " Voodoo priests and conjurers promised slaves that they could make masters kind, harm enemies, ensure love and heal sickness.

  • The Election of 1980

    • In the Republican primaries, Bush famously called Reagan's economic policy "voodoo economics" because it promised to lower taxes and increase revenues at the same time.

  • Free Enterprise Economics and Reaganomics

    • Bush, had referred to it as “voodoo economics” when competing with him for the Republican presidential nomination.