White Woman Sparks Backlash for Complaining About Feeling 'Bashed About the Slavery' During Plantation Tour

The woman wrote a viral review complaining about the tour being "so radical about slave treatment."

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A white woman's review of a plantation tour, in which she complained about feeling "lectured" and "bashed about slavery," sparked backlash this week after many people took to social media to inform her that such an experience isn't meant to feel like Disneyland. 

While touring a Southern plantation alongside her husband, the woman claims the tour was "so radical about slave treatment" as if she expected to tour a plantation and not be informed of the horrific abuses slaves were subjected to. "We didn't come to hear a lecture on how the white people treated slaves," the woman wrote. "We came to get this history of a southern plantation and get a tour of the house and grounds." 

A screenshot of her review was circulated on social media this week, with many people taking to Twitter to criticize the woman who was clearly seeking a whitewashed history lesson. 

the fact that many americans think of plantation as vacation destinations to be enjoyed like disney world is sort of all you need to know to understand how we got to this place in our politics https://t.co/CcpoaN8T1N

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) August 8, 2019

did blake lively write this https://t.co/a2gsVF6kkM

— hunter harris (@hunteryharris) August 8, 2019

Imagine setting foot on a plantation and being able to think of anything aside from slavery. https://t.co/4gcIs3EHYx

— Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) August 7, 2019

"How dare you sully my vacation with *facts* and *history*?!?!?!"
-An angry white lady https://t.co/Zx3tBSmB3Y

— A Shady Dame From Seville (@SorayaMcDonald) August 8, 2019

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