Curious Customs and Beliefs
Somali Man, 112, Marries 17-Year-Old Girl, November 2, 2009, London Telegraph
Her first; his sixth.
Navajos May Try to Buy Popular Arizona Ski Resort, October 22, 2009, Comcast News
They claim artificial snowmaking disturbs their ancestors.
Farrakhan Suspicious of H1N1 Vaccine, October 22, 2009, UPI
Farrakhan: H1N1 flu vaccine developed to kill people.
Hmong Shamans Help at Valley Hospitals, October 12, 2009, Fresno Bee
Hmong not ready for surgery without a red string around their necks.
Free Money From Obama's Stash, October 9, 2009, Combs Spouts Off
Blacks have no idea where welfare money actually comes from.
Recipient of Heart Transplant Promotes Organ Donation, August 28, 2009, St. Louis Post –Dispatch
Blacks fear their organs will be removed “prematurely” and given to whites.
Rights Panel Bans Stone Pelting Ritual in MP, August 24, 2009, IGovernment (India)
Hindu ritual left one dead, 400 injured.
Bad Medicine, August 14, 2009, AR Classic Article
Fighting “injustice” rather than disease.
Horses Being Killed in South Florida--For Their Meat?, August 11, 2009, CNN
Horse meat fetches up to $40 per pound in Broward County.
Indian Girl Beheaded by Neighbour to 'Help Conception', July 31, 2009, Telegraph (London)
Sometimes only human sacrifice will help a couple have a baby.
Who's to Blame in Sex Assault of Girl? Father Says Nobody, July 24, 2009, KNXV-TV (Phoenix)
Liberian culture in America.
India Girls Plough Fields to Bring Rain: Naked Ritual, July 24, 2009, Right Bollywood
We can learn a lot from these people.
Saudi Family Sues Genie, Alleges Harassment, July 16, 2009, CNN
With enough Islamic immigrants we could get genie problems, too.
Conn. Police Say Possible Ritual in Theft of Body, July 9, 2009, AP
Authorities suspect Santeria behind child’s disinterment.
North Carolina Store Sells Furniture for White People and Black People, May 11, 2009, YouTube
The furniture store where we can all just get along.
Troops Claim 'Supernatural Powers' After Pygmy Sodomy, May 11, 2009, Agence France-Presse
We have nothing to add.
Mos Def, Wood Harris Ban the 'N' Word From 'Next Day Air', May 1, 2009, Baller Status
Blacks have a hard time not saying “nigga.”
South Africa's Hi-Tech Healer, April 1, 2009, BBC News
Bringing spiritualism into the 21st century.
Woman Staying in Los Angeles Accused in Bear Bile Importation, March 30, 2009, Los Angeles Times
Good for what ails you.
MSU Study Finds High Level of Medical Mistrust Among Minority Women Impacts Quality of Health Care, February 9, 2009, MSU (Michigan State University) News
This may explain why they go to the doctor only after they get really sick.
Mexicans Turn to Voodoo to Help Team Beat the US, January 28, 2009, AP
Anti-Americanism makes the game “more enjoyable” for fans.
Spike Lee: Hand of God Caused Economic Crisis to Get Obama Elected, January 20, 2009, Business & Media Institute
Black moviemaker shows he doesn’t understand economics either.
Immigration Advocates to "Cleanse" ICE Headquarters Following Inauguration, January 13, 2009, Diverse Issues in Higher Education
“Libations” to be poured, but no camels or goats to be sacrificed.
Woman Suspected of Witchcraft Burned Alive, January 9, 2009, CNN
Primitive tribes in the South Pacific still burn witches …
Jungle Diary, Part 4: Cannibals, Hunters, and Home, January 9, 2009, Christian Science Monitor
… and eat people.
Khat—Is It More Coffee or Cocaine?, January 5, 2009, Los Angeles Times
Another “cultural conflict” introduced by immigrants.
Nicole Kidman Warned After Breaking Aboriginal Taboo, December 16, 2008, AFP
Australian actress risks infertility to play the didgeridoo.
Monkey Meat Is Confiscated at Dulles, December 15, 2008, Washington Post
Primates are a common food source in Central Africa.
Any Identifying Tattoos? Well, in Fact, Yes …, December 15, 2008, Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
He might as well have used a “Wanted” poster for ID.
Obama Supporters Fear Race May Bring Candidate Down, October 16, 2008, Reuters
Obama may need a 10-point lead to overcome “Bradley effect.”
Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Abuse of Teen Servant From Nigeria, October 14, 2008, Washington Post
He didn’t let her go to school, made her work without pay, and raped her.
Maybe We Should Blame God for the Subprime Mess, October 6, 2008, Time
“God caused the bank to ignore my credit score and blessed me with my first house.”
‘Black Guy’ Booth Livens Up Corvallis Saturday Market, June 11, 2008, Corvallis Gazette-Times
Diversity street theater in “a pretty Caucasian place.”
Hundreds Riot at Reading High School; Rock Injures Officer, February 29, 2008, Reading (Pennsylvania) Eagle
Dominican Republic independence celebrated the Dominican way.
Crossing Racial Divide, November 26, 2007, Detroit Free Press
White coed heads up Georgetown’s NAACP chapter.
Airline Sacrifices Goats To Appease Sky God, September 5, 2007, Reuters
Nepal’s state-run airline finds priests are cheaper than engineers.
1825: When the USA Was Not a White Country, August 27, 2007, Robert Lindsay
American whites: the once and future minority.
Islam In America Before Columbus, August 21, 2007, Muslim Weekly
American Indians are really Muslims?
Police: 3-Year-Old Girl Recovering From Exorcism Attempt, July 30, 2007, AP
Choking a toddler, naked woman covered in blood—not your European-style exorcism.
Woman Stripped After Being Branded Witch In Jharkhand, July 24, 2007, Newspostindia.com (New Delhi)
Witchcraft rampant in Jharkhand—more than 600 witches killed in last 10 years.
Lecturer Suspended After Breastfeeding Fatwa, May 21, 2007, AP
“Symbolic breastfeeding” would allow men and women employees to be alone together.
Crowd Packs Amphitheater For Man Claiming He’s Jesus Christ Reincarnated, May 7, 2007, WKMG-TV (Orlando)
Puerto Rican ex-con has a largely Hispanic following.
Guyana Woman Accused As Vampire Lynched, May 1, 2007, AP
What? No stakes through the heart?
Raising Khairlanji Ghost: Dalit Students ‘Purified’ With Cow Urine, April 23, 2007, Indian Express
Curious “purification” ritual inflames caste sensitivities in India.
Hindus May Win Right To Open Air Cremations In The UK, April 10, 2007, Times of India
Funeral pyres may become legal in Britain.
Hurley’s Indian Wedding An Insult, Hindus Tell Court, April 10, 2007, AFP
British beauty gets her “Indian” wedding wrong; natives take offense.
Adopt Our Baby Girls, India Begs Britons, April 9, 2007, Daily Mail (UK)
Otherwise they’ll face lives of “abuse and misery.”
Yonkers Police Probe Bizarre Cemetery Ritual, March 15, 2007, Journal News (White Plains, New York)
Not your mainstream voodoo.
Poker Debt Outrage, February 28, 2007, AP
Pakistanis present “marker” for payment: demand woman’s 17-year-old daughter.
Witchcraft Brings Murder To Pacific Paradise, February 26, 2007, Telegraph (London)
Collapse of health services prompt return to ancestral beliefs and practices.