Unfortunately, as a result of events from the past, specifically the attack on the World Trade Center, our country needs to have very strict guidelines to ensure the safety of travelers. I believe that this is an important that the Transportation Security Administration should take the precautions necessary to ensure all of our safety, even […]

For most folks, going through airport security consists of getting their bags scanned and going through a quick screening for explosives and they’re set to travel (as long as they did not carry any explosives). However, for transgender passengers, the experience is very different. When transgender passengers get screened for explosives, they often set the […]

The issues the TSA has with treating transgender or androgynous individuals is very related to the “Ethics in Design” article.  In the article, it is said that an automatic soap dispenser has difficulty recognizing a black person’s hand beneath it because the design was not tested on black users, nor where there black people on […]

Oak Alley and Whitney come from similar pasts, but their present-day uses is where they take off in different directions.  While Whitney has embraced its past as a slave plantation and is using that to educate and inform, Oak Alley hides its past in a tab that I only found on their website by googling […]

I feel the use of of now defunct plantations for the purpose of sharing and exploring the history of the United States and slavery is an incredibly good idea with a lot of potential for expressing history in an incredibly unique and realistic way. However, the way in which these two websites and plantations go […]

Generally, I’m not entirely confident that I am comfortable with plantations being reopened for tourists and visitors, let alone being called ‘museums.’ I guess it would be a proper title for what these reopened plantations are but it doesn’t necessarily sit well with me. I feel as if people go to a museum to appreciate […]

Both the Oak Alley Plantation and Whitney Plantation have held slaves in the past, as given in their websites. Both websites have information about the plantations and its former residents, but differ greatly in the presentation of the history and services of the houses, as seen in the design of their sites.   The Oak […]

Oak Alley and Whitney plantation provide a closer, more first hand experience on slavery. Although there are slave exhibits in museums, these two plantations allow viewers to understand the circumstances that slaves experienced more clearly. The struggles and abuse slaves went through becomes more visible from these plantation museums. Both plantations have their differences, but […]

Looking at the Oak Alley website, I had to check the email link to make sure the link I clicked was actually for a museum and not a random website for an inn. Not a good first sign. As I around the website some more, it became pretty apparent that slavery is hardly mentioned at […]

Although both Oak Alley and Whitney plantation are supposed to be plantation museums, their approach in advertising their museums are completely different. The Oak Alley Plantation website, represents a family get away rather than a museum. Slavery is mentioned very few times throughout the website; which can cause the reader to question if slavery even […]