Thanksgiving break

I recently went to Charleston in South Carolina for my cousin's wedding. This was the first time that I have been to the South. She was married at an old plantation. It was a beautiful, but I could not help wonder why she would want to be married at a place where so many horrible things happened in history. When I looked around, all I could think about was that there once was slavery that held this place together. The separation of wealth was also absolutely crazy. The amount of land people had and the size of their houses were truly astounding. As a result of seeing this, I could better imagine the panic these plantation owners felt when their free labor was going to be taken away from them.

We also walked around downtown Charleston where I noticed that many people working in the restaurants were black. The waiters were often white, while the people working in the back kitchen were black. I understand that there is a lot of racism here is Spokane, but it was crazy to see the way black and white people act towards each other is the city where 50% of slaves were brought to for the selling and distribution of slavery. This city has so much horrible history, which now because of tourism keeps the money rolling in and the city alive.