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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I sorta get that but where do you draw the line?  Lots of pre-1865 buildings that had nothing to do with agriculture were built on the backs of enslaved people.  What about venues where BIPOC people were excluded by segregation laws?  Are all those unacceptable wedding venues now?

The way I see it is an antebellum themed party celebrates a way of life and glorifies how white people had it good back then.  Having a modern day "regular wedding" at a plantation - then it's just a pretty venue.  I think context and intent of the event matters.

Funny enough I have been to only one wedding at a plantation venue and the bride was AA (10 years ago or so).[/quote]

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