On May 15, 2025, the Nottoway Plantation in White Castle Louisiana, caught fire and burned down.
I’m glad that nobody was physically harmed during the fire, but I’m not going to lie; I can’t say I’m sorry about the fire itself.
As what the internet refers to as an ADOS (American Descendant Of Slavery), I could understand preserving these homes "in the name of history" if that’s what was being done here, establishing a museum for example, that discussed American Slavery and what was done to people under that system.
But this wasn’t that. Nottoway was a resort, a glamorous venue where people held parties and weddings, basically celebrating the oppression, from the perspective of the oppressors. The entire plantation system was a heritage built upon hatred and racism.
Based upon that, again, while I am grateful that there was no injury or loss of life, in regard to the destruction of a former slave plantation, I say, burn, baby, burn. 😞
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There is an entire subculture in the South who sees it as a mark of their glory days. They absolutely know its history, do not care, and feel it was wrongly taken away from them.
The post-Trump years will sadly engender the same system. The oppressor never concedes power with grace.
@bijouxbroussard The cognitive disconnect is such that they think racism is walking up to someone and screaming the n word at them in public. They don't think about how perpetuating memories of an unequal system could ever be considered racism.
