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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was in the 8th grade (early 2000s) my school had an "old south cotillion" right before graduation.  It was a school tradition and we never thought about it racial terms. My class was about 90% white and 10% BIPOC.  I kind of cringe when I look back at it, yet I admit I loved it as a kid and thought it was so cool to get dressed up in old-fashioned garb, do the old fashioned dances, sip punch, etc.  Racism was not anywhere on our radar and yet I can now see how that theme glorifies a really bad part of history.

I still think, however, there's a difference between an old-southern-glory themed party and having an event at a plantation where the venue has nothing to do with the event. [/quote]
I don’t. I get that they’re historical houses, but when they’re put in their proper perspective - they’re basically forced labor prison camps for people whose torture and toil and forced labor - it makes it kind of a weird place to have a wedding.

Someday in the after times I want to visit Whitney Plantation. https://www.whitneyplantation.org/[/quote]

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