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Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez Hold 2nd Wedding at ‘Plantation-Style’ House
The celebrity couple held their big three-day wedding party at Affleck’s ‘Plantation-style’ property in Georgia.
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I Took My Kids to Visit Theodore Roosevelt Island Outside of Washington, D.C. I Had No Idea It Was a Former Plantation
I live in Washington, D.C., and much like most of the parents in the area—the whole country, really—my wife and I have looked for mostly outdoor activities to do with our kids since the beginning of the pandemic. Washington, D.C., and its surrounding suburbs, are home to tons of museums and monuments; there’s always somewhere…
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Rhode Island Gives Voters a Chance to Remove ‘Plantation’ From Its Official Name
Say what you will about 2020, but this has been the year that America is confronted with all the racism—blatant and subtle—that it celebrates through monuments, flags, product brands and the very names given to schools, streets and even entire states. It’s gotten to a point where the state of Rhode Island is moving toward…
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Black Georgia Democrat Who Endorsed Trump Has Blexited the Building: ‘Turn the Lights Off, I Have Left the Plantation’
Georgia Rep. Vernon Jones, the Kanye West of Candace Owenses, has resigned by announcing that he won’t be seeking reelection just a week after endorsing President Donald Trump. “Turn the lights off, I have left the plantation,” Jones said in a statement, AJC reports. “Someone else can occupy that suite. Therefore, I intend not to…
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In the 2020s, We’re Hoping Plantation Weddings Go the Way of the Confederacy—and We May Get Our Wish
On Monday, The Glow Up’s very smart brotha Damon Young made the proposition that perhaps we should just burn down the remaining plantations in America—you know, those sites of the American holocaust that some seem intent on romanticizing as charming and picturesque—hosting tours, reunions and most often, weddings at these problematic venues. And celebrities have…
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White Tears Attempt to Drown Out the True History of Louisiana Plantation: 'Very Racist. If You're White, Don't Go'
In today’s edition of white people whitepeopling, I’d like to introduce you to the Whitney Plantation in Wallace, La., where visitors are encouraged to partake in a guided tour of “the only plantation museum in Louisiana with an exclusive focus on the lives of enslaved people,” according to its website. Yet despite its obvious premise,…
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Terry Crews: Hollywood Is ‘Like a Plantation’
When Terry Crews opened up about an alleged sexual assault he experienced at the hands of WME agent Adam Venit in October, he understood the inherent risks: What if no one believes you? What if you can’t find work again? What if you’re ostracized from the industry? In a sprawling new interview with BuzzFeed, Crews…
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Fla. Cop Sent for More Training After Accidentally Using Taser on 10-Year-Old During Gun-Safety Lesson
A Plantation, Fla., police officer will be sent for additional training after accidentally deploying her Taser on a 10-year-old boy right after telling the child and his brother that the weapon wasn’t a toy. According to the Sun-Sentinel, the boy suffered only minor injuries, but investigators noted that if the probes had penetrated deeper into…
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Trump-Branded Hotel to Celebrate the Antebellum South—You Know, Back When Blacks Were Slaves
A planned Cleveland, Miss., Trump-branded hotel will celebrate the antebellum South with a replica-style Southern plantation complete with a cotton-gin-styled meeting hall, because of course it would. The project, which will bear the Trump name, will cost some $20 million and will reportedly have “a resort-caliber pool, place decorative balconies on the main building, and…