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  2. Color symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Color symbolism in art, literature, and anthropology is the use of color as a symbol in various cultures and in storytelling.There is great diversity in the use of colors and their associations between cultures [1] and even within the same culture in different time periods. [2]

  3. Black Irish (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the term "Black Irish" was initially used in the 19th and 20th centuries by Irish Americans to describe people of Irish descent who have black or dark-colored hair, blue or dark eyes, or otherwise dark coloring.

  4. Hoodoo (spirituality) - Wikipedia

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    Black women practitioners of Hoodoo, Lucumi, Palo and other African-derived traditions are opening and owning spiritual stores online and in Black neighborhoods to provide spiritual services to their community and educate African-descended people about Black spirituality and how to heal themselves physically and spiritually. [76]

  5. Blue in culture - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Greeks classified colors by whether they were light or dark, rather than by their hue. The Greek word for dark blue, kyaneos, could also mean dark green, violet, black or brown. The ancient Greek word for a light blue, glaukos, also could mean light green, grey, or yellow. [17]

  6. Rastafari - Wikipedia

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    Rastas typically believe that black Africans are God's chosen people, meaning that they made a covenant with him and thus have a special responsibility. [106] Rastafari espouses the view that this, the true identity of black Africans, has been lost and needs to be reclaimed. [107] There is no uniform Rasta view on race. [104]

  7. List of occult terms - Wikipedia

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    The occult is a category of supernatural beliefs and practices, encompassing such phenomena as those involving mysticism, spirituality, and magic in terms of any otherworldly agency. It can also refer to other non-religious supernatural ideas like extra-sensory perception and parapsychology .

  8. How the Clenched Fist Became a Black Power Symbol

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    A protester holds up a large black power raised fist in the middle of the crowd that gathered at Columbus Circle in New York City for a Black Lives Matter Protest spurred by the death of George Floyd.

  9. Pre-modern conceptions of whiteness - Wikipedia

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    Dark skin – depicted in art using brown, black, blue, grey and sometimes purple hues – often signified negative moral and spiritual qualities distinct from physical appearance. Thus, the image of Saladin facing Richard I in the 14th century Luttrell Psalter depicts the Saracen with dark blue skin and a monstrous expression. Christian ...