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A Thread: Some of you know I also co-host a #paranormal & true crime podcast called #NightMerica. Last week we did an ep about ghost stories involving slaves. I grew up in the South & always loved ghost tours but I've had a realization how wrong they are...
I've been working on how to be antiracist, and out of that journey I began to see that ghost tours often co-opt the stories of slaves for entertainment (often for largely white audiences). That doesn't sit well. Especially considering many tours in the South involve
involve stories of Plantation owners with slave mistresses. Those mistresses were sometimes said to become jealous of the wives. And there is often a tragic end. On tours, you might even see quarters of these mistresses. I heard these stories countless times before it clicked...
