Can a white writer write a (i.e.) Vodou practitioner?

jeudi 24 septembre 2015

In one of my classes we're studying syncretic religions and it's gotten my head spinning with possibilities. But I'm incurably white. Is it at all okay for me to write about a religion like Vodou, or Santería, or Native American traditions? Obviously there would be an immense responsibility to do the research and write respectfully, but if I did that would it be okay? And what would be an acceptable source for syncretic religions, if I did (assuming it would be okay)? I'm asking because I've been in spaces where white people practicing those religions is severely discouraged, so I don't know if me writing it would be overstepping my bounds.
Can a white writer write a (i.e.) Vodou practitioner?

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