tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post8919778040275753902..comments2024-03-05T10:58:13.425-05:00Comments on New Around Town: Provocative questions at Charlotte filmfestLeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916922360940636719noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-16149319385639766462007-09-16T13:48:00.000-05:002007-09-16T13:48:00.000-05:00Hi Leigh,My family and I moved here a little over ...Hi Leigh,<BR/>My family and I moved here a little over a year ago. Even though we moved here after having lived in Ohio for 4 years, we are originally from Memphis,TN. But one of the first things that struck me (and not in a good way) was the near constant use of the word "plantation" in Charlotte's suburban housing areas/communities/neighborhoods.<BR/><BR/>As an African American, the word "plantation" doesn't exactly stir fond memories or even nice images of magnolias in my mind (smile). <BR/><BR/>Not long ago, one of the Moms on my son's baseball team, who, herself is a transplant from NY, encouraged us to look for a home in the Providence Plantation neighborhood. I sort of smiled and told her, "You know, I really would rather not live on a plantation . . ."<BR/><BR/>We both had a good laugh about it. Even though I try to maintain a good sense of humor about the "plantation issue" and I'm sure the insensitivity is, for the most part, unintentional, sometimes I do wonder . . .Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09792085144824685369noreply@blogger.com