Pros:
I absolutely loved that the history of and discrimination against native americans were included in this tour. I felt that that was so important for people to know. Learning facts about the geography of where we went to and hearing about the origins of places was eye-opening.
I thought it was fantastic that the tour guide brought pictures with her so that we were given context and visual aids. Even though some of the issues were quite graphic, I appreciated the realness of the tour and the way it refused to sugarcoat the atrocities that were committed.
I highly recommend this tour to white people, anyone who knows little about the history of american slavey and native american genocide, anyone who is conservative, and of course, absolutely anyone else! I thought it was great that the guide explained to people that a lot of people feel very challenged by the information in the tour and often leave, so I also challenge everyone to stay for the whole thing and step out of their comfort zone to take the time to learn about history.
Cons:
I was a bit confused about her spiel at the start on political correctness. I wasn't quite sure what she meant? From my understanding political correctness is simply a term used by conservatives who want to criticise people's call for progression, tolerance, and equality. In that sense, using respectful terms to refer to the experiences of people of colour is a good thing, isn't it?
At times I felt the tour was very scripted in its presentation and lacked anecdote, which was disappointing because I would have loved to have heard how the mentioned racism, colourism, and discrimination affected her on a personal level. It would have been really important to hear about how the racism from X years ago still has deep effects on people of colour and native americans today - and hearing that from tour guides.