‘How decent white people who tell the truth about slavery on plantations are reviewed by white people’
This woman and her husband were given a tour of a plantation in South Carolina and were moved to give it just two stars out of five because, well, have a read for yourself.
The post went madly viral after it was shared by author Saira Rao, who said ‘This is how decent white people who tell the truth about slavery on plantations are reviewed by white people.’
And these 5 responses sum it up pretty well, we think.
“I went to the Holocaust museum and they wouldn’t stop harping on how bad the Nazis were!”
— Kenjon Burner (@Kenjon4Pres) 7 August 2019
“I went to Mexico and all they did was talk Spanish!”
— 30-50 Feral Hogs 🍥 (@shanesarosy_35) 7 August 2019
How am I supposed to enjoy this tour of Alcatraz with all these stories about serial killers?
— Kenjon Burner (@Kenjon4Pres) 7 August 2019
I went to Cape Canavaral, where they talked about moon landings and shit. I’ve never even been to the moon, let alone outer space!
— Computer Monster (@SPEW30265562) 8 August 2019
I went to Pompeii to learn about volcanic activity and they just lectured us all day about the people who were incinerated by the lava. 1/5
— Chris PodiumCafe (@CPodiumcafe) 8 August 2019
And there was another.
https://twitter.com/sairasameerarao/status/1159209089974591488
In short, this.
“We didn’t come to hear about slavery… we came to hear the history of this plantation (that had slaves)”
— Naima Cochrane (@naima) 8 August 2019