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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Atlantic626][quote=Anonymous]I’m AA. And no, it doesn’t make me uncomfortable.

Not all plantations had slaves, you know. [/quote]

I’m AA and it makes me uncomfortable but also grateful that a poster (who I assume is white is conscious enough and seems to be empathic towards other people experiences).

I wonder how you would know whether a plantation had slaves? Even if they all didn’t, I always side eye couples who choose to marry on them and I would not go to one unless I was touring a converted historical site meant to honor the lives that were ruined.

Thanks OP[/quote]
Do a basic history search. Not all plantation owners believed in slavery.

I’m also black (I don’t believe in the AA term) and unless it’s a southern plantation that admit it has slaves, it doesn’t bother me either like the PP you quoted.

History is history. We can’t change it. Otherwise, we might as well rename Washington DC and condemn the memorials for Washington and Jefferson, since they were proud slaveowners and even admitted that blacks were not even a full person. [/quote]

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