curses

The next morning, when the recruits are ordered to shave, one nervously eyes his razor and curses to himself.

Two other women showed up around the same time, with wigs, and yelled curses at the ICE officials and National Guard troops on the other side of the new chain-link fence surrounding the facility.

It’s the constant silent treatment, putting off answering my questions, the angry curses when I explode.

Another persistent stereotype is that Lucumí is all about “black magic” or throwing curses at your enemies.

Both depict how multifaceted people within communities can be; how those individuals within those communities can experience them differently; and how each of those experiences “comes with its own set of blessings and curses.”