In the rich spiritual landscape of the Mission District, one religion remains behind the scenes. By AMANDA MARTINEZ
VIDEO: Mission Residents Say Yes to Yoruba
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I’m disagree with MBR, probably because, even I has been working in the neighborhood for 3 years, I can’t presume I know everything about the place. I think nobody could say that.
It’s a common place, but how many times we don’t pay attention to our surrounding, until somebody else point to us some detail –store, building, people– of our daily landscape.
Talk about the SanterÃa and other religious practices is interesting. Sure, you can’t tell the whole story in a 3 or 4 minutes clip. But is a way to trigger a public discussion (these commentaries are the example) or excite the curiosity of someone.
Target audience? I think is the entire world, MBR.
“Many condemn the religion as voodoo and idol worship.”
Please don’t use Vodou as a pejorative. Voudou is a cousin of Santeria. The Dahomey, Fon, and Ewe people from West Africa, areas now known as Benin and Togo, were taken during slavery to the Caribbean and other locations like the Yoruba. Vodou was practiced hidden behind the saints as well. The roots of these religions are very old and deserve proper citations to avoid the continued Hollywood style stereotyping.
Peace
It seems like a lot of your stories are written for people who just found out about the Mission District. I do not think your stories are as interesting for people who already know the neighborhood.
Who is your target audience? There are so many activities, events, back-stories that are going on in the neighborhood. I think your blog needs more investigative reporting as oppose to just being the lifestyle/living page of traditional newspapers.
I do not think your blog has enough stories that would actually merit a front page story of an actually publication.
I think your stories are interesting and sometimes informative, but there is some substance missing.