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fun fact? "this island used to be owned by..."

posted 8 years ago by sumankey13
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ooooh the humanity! "this island used to be owned by the Dutch, and now it's been under u.s. for 100 years"....aarrrggghh~!! 😛

omg, i've been down to st. john, st. thomas, and spent some time living on st. croix-----the vibes down there are still palpable, in all the old sugar mill ruins, forts, and other abominable places where Columbus and the Dutch first landed, took over, and enslaved and tortured many, many natives!

i wish they'd touch on the true history of those islands, instead of some off handed uneducated remark like "oh ain't it so great"

😔

*Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!*

[–] sumankey13 8 years ago

💭 oh and btw, they're staying @ Frenchman's Reef sleeping 3 to a bed or sharing? unacceptable!! 👣 💍 💔

*Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!*

[–] blakgard 8 years ago

They were at a Civil War-era plantation for the New Orleans episode. All they talked about were ghosts.

[–] Charlie_Runkle69 8 years ago

I don't think the goal of the Bachelor is to educate people sadly! But I agree, It would have been nice to have a 'history' sort of date once in a while. Given the show is all about what scrap of drama they can find nowadays, I don't see it happening.