Since it’s #bhm I would like to inform everyone of Martin de Porres patron saint of barbers, because I just never see him around
But I have no idea how much of his history is manipulated by the church tho
👁👁
Idk if how to feel about bipoc saints at all honestly
Because like
I grew up with this shit
And my yt relatives continued to give me birthday cards of Kateri Tekakwitha
And she’s always strangely drawn white
If you find them to be great role models that’s fine but I can never be comfortable ignoring the reasons why they believe in a foreign colonial religion in the first place
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