Emancipation Grove

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Op-ed | How The National Park Service Disney-fyies the Past of St. John

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Amaziah George
Mar 08, 2019
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How the National Park Service Disney-fyies the past for affluent middle-class tourists

“Oh Marge! look at that cute little bakery! And the ruins of that cool building where they used to make molasses. Let’s take a selfie… Ok, what’s next on our tour, dear?”

Disney-fying a dark and ugly history and making it into profitably palatable entertainment is somet…

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