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==List of religions and spiritual traditions== | ==List of religions and spiritual traditions== | ||
[[File:Voodoo Altar.jpg|350px|thumb|Example of a typical voodoo altar]] | [[File:Voodoo Altar.jpg|350px|thumb|Example of a typical voodoo altar]] | ||
These religions are extreme minorities in the Americas, with official populations often too small to be featured on the national census. Due to slavery and systemic racism, members of African diaspora religions were heavily persecuted throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Some of this persecution has resurfaced in the 21st century in the form of both state and private discrimination. Despite this discrimination, their existence is often officially celebrated and marketed as the nation's cultural heritage. | These religions are extreme minorities in the Americas, with official populations often too small to be featured on the national census. Due to slavery and systemic racism, members of African diaspora religions were heavily persecuted throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. | ||
Some of this persecution has resurfaced in the 21st century in the form of both state and private discrimination. Despite this discrimination, their existence is often officially celebrated and marketed as the nation's cultural heritage. | |||
===Caribbean=== | ===Caribbean=== | ||