Baton Rouge Reporter

The Season Five premiere of Racism: Dismantling the System,  “Narrative Shifting: Centering the Humanity of the Enslaved  Plantations,” will stream live from the Whitney Plantation on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 3:30 p.m. on the Louisiana Budget Project’s Facebook page.  The series is presented by the Nelson Mandela College of Government and  Social Sciences at Southern University, LSU Reilly Center for Media and  Public Affairs, Louisiana Budget Project, NAACP Louisiana State  Conference, and the LSU Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Episode Synopsis:

Louisiana is home to some of the grandest and most notable  plantation homes in the United States. But these estates have long been  misrepresented and their histories whitewashed to gloss over the  horrific legacy of slavery. So how can we begin to unravel the histories  of these places and understand the atrocities committed and their  impact on today’s society? Join us as we host a conversation on  understanding and telling the true story of plantations, and the  responsibility of plantations to change the narrative to accurately  honor the millions of enslaved peoples whose lives and legacies are  irrevocably tied to these places.

Panel participants include:

• Moderator: Morgan Harris, Senior Political Science Student at Southern University
• Joy Banner, Co-Founder of The Descendants Project
• Christopher E. Cottrell, Assistant Professor of Geography at Southern University
• Yvonne Holden, Director of Visitor Experience and Operations at the Whitney Plantation

Racism: Dismantling the System is an ongoing series of conversations  about structural racism and solution-oriented action toward equal  opportunity and justice in our communities. The series amplifies the  voices of community advocates, academics, journalists, and more working  for social justice in our nation and beyond. For more information and to  view past episodes, click here. 

Original source can be found here.