Unit 2: Plantation Tourism (TG1)

 (At the following of what we did last time)

According to Bernard Powers, visitors can learn about the real story of slavery that is the origin of modern racism in today’s society. In fact, nowadays in America, African-American people are still discriminated against as it is the community of people that are more arrested and more victims of police brutality.

To conclude, the visitor’s experience can differ depending on what they see. In fact, if they visit plantations that only display the beauty of the place, center on the architecture and tell the lives of the owners, at the end of the visit, visitors will feel happy to have been through a whitewashed guided tour.

On the contrary, if visitors decide to go to plantation museums where the hard history of the building is told , they will hear about the remembrance of the lives of the slaves. On top of that, the guide will have to warn the visitors that what they will hear will be difficult stories. At the end of this type of visit, visitors will feel more concerned about modern day racism and race relations current tensions in the USA.

It is important for visitors to know the full history of plantations in order to set the record straight about the full story of America. In fact, it will help people to be aware of the reasons why there are current tensions because of what happened in the past. (Jim Crow Laws, segregation, Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter Movement).

Homework: Learn the lesson.

Enjoy Your Vacation 😊