by Nomad
Can racism ever be extinguished in the USA when there are still some people who wish to ignore the inhumanity of slavery and to absolve the slave-owners of all responsibility?
Recently, I saw this article the other day and thought it was worth sharing.
Margaret Biser, a tour operator for a Southern plantation, reveals that so many of her visitors seemed determined to ignore (or at least, minimize) the human costs of slavery.
Margaret Biser, a tour operator for a Southern plantation, reveals that so many of her visitors seemed determined to ignore (or at least, minimize) the human costs of slavery.
Admittedly some of this is based on a profound but genuine ignorance about history. Blame our education system or home schooling?
However, in other cases, the problem went much deeper.
In a word, denial of the history of an enslaved race's degradation and misery.
What can one make of people who want to tour a historical plantation but who refuse to acknowledge that all the wealth and grandeur on display was based on the sweat and toil of an army of bought and sold slaves?