Watch White Shamans, Plastic Medicine Man:
Answer following questions
What is your initial response to the video? Is it balanced/fair?
What point is trying to be made? Are you persuaded one way or another? Explain.
What are the motivations for many non-Indians who take use Indian religious practices? Do you think any of them are aware of the problems caused by what they do? Do you think any of them consider the possible dangers related to their appropriation of Indian religion?
Which of the non-Indian people interviewed might be the most aware of the fact that they are exploiting Indian religion and people?
When non-Indians appropriate elements of Indian religions, what does it say about their view of the complexity of Indian cultural practices?
Why do they think it is okay to do use Indian religious practices?
