lol. Shut it down on MLK day. The thing had a damn wait list, practically, and he wanted to shut it down on MLK day for his goddamn photo op.

asshats buying properties to use as 100% Air BnB’s

ahem, investors.

There are 100 short term rentals in my neighborhood where there were zero 10 years ago.

There are 20 vans, cars and motorhomes with people living in them in the park where there were zero 10 years ago.

Investors make lousy neighbors.

Less than minimum wage PLUS you’re burning your gas and constantly driving around at risk of an accident, flat tire, etc.

He literally said “driving for 3 hours”. Why would anyone not assume he meant what he said?

Uber and Lyft could’ve shut that down very easily by preventing drivers from being logged in for more than, say, 3 hours out of every 24. They chose not to. “But it’s not supposed to be a full-time joooooooooooooooooob!” isn’t a valid argument because of that, it’s just a relic of the justification whack-a-mole…

$20 for 3 hours?!?!! Dude, that is ... not a good use of your time.

I never said otherwise.  I was merely pointing out that earning less than minimum wage doesn’t sound great.

And that $20 is probably before you calculate gas, insurance and the cost of using the car.

$20 bucks for 3 hours is less than minimum wage.  That doesn’t sound great at all.

People love to pull out the old “ well Africans sold other Africans “ It does not excuse or absolve the slave trade, and do they actually think for the entire  years of slavery that it was all supplied by other Africans? GTFOH

The Washington Post just did this story as well. I hope this means that this nonsense actually becomes a national discussion, with people being asked some of the questions all of you have asked her. Basically, why are you visiting a plantation if you do not want to know history?

That last sentence about going back to see some real plantations really gets me. Real plantations had real slaves and were really cruel to these people. What she wants is a trip to some imaginary place where slaves whistled while they worked and enjoyed being beaten and raped by their owners.

“Very racist. If you’re white, don’t go.”

Well, I guess the silver lining in this otherwise-sordid tale: at least the people who run this plantation museum are trying to do the right thing. 

Once again..the truth bothers many Whites. They have yet to call white Supremacy what it is. Instead they call the Tx shootings, Domestic terrorism. My granddad was right, The white man will never change. His racism is innate. Sure he will make a concession or 2. But thats about it. Many whites are dead scared of the,…

I’m booking a tour to this plantation. Work this many salty tears, it's gotta be worth it. 

colonizers have no right to control the narrative on what went on during slavery. Period.

A few years ago after a relative of mine bought and restored to its former glory a dilapidated plantation house in the Carribean, we (three black women) sat on one of the veranda’s and as we sipped coconut water from a coconut we remarked how the original owner was probably spinning in his grave through the earths core…

Delusion, denial and whiteness is a potent cocktail.

I’ve been to Monticello and to Mt. Veron, and neither ignores the slavery issue, but neither do they tell the whole truth of rape and family separations and beatings and bare subsistence food and raged clothing and hundred-hour work weeks.