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}}</ref> to downplay the suffering of the slaves, and to "sanitize" and "romanticize" the [[Slavery in the United States|history of slavery]] for commercial gain.<ref name="thewire.com"/><ref>{{cite news|author= |url=http://theadvocate.com/columnists/7997370-55/james-gill-songwriter-changes-tune |title=James Gill; Songwriter changes tune on plantation plans | Columnists | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA |publisher=Theadvocate.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108204504/http://theadvocate.com/columnists/7997370-55/james-gill-songwriter-changes-tune |archivedate=January 8, 2014 |df= }}</ref><ref name="ebony.com">{{cite news|author=#teamEBONY |url=http://www.ebony.com/black-listed/news-views/white-feminist-icon-schedules-retreat-atplantation-981#axzz2p7WojXvx |title=White Feminist Icon Schedules Retreat at...Plantation? - Black Listed |publisher=EBONY |date=December 30, 2013 |accessdate=2014-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pqmonthly.com/ani-difrancos-righteous-retreat-please-use-hands-cover-ears/17937 |last=Endgame |first=Kat |title=Ani Difranco's Righteous Retreat: Please Use Both Hands to Cover Your Ears - Proud Queer |publisher=PQ Monthly |date=2013-12-27 |accessdate=2014-01-15}}</ref><ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/31/ani-difranco-righteous-retreat-outrage |title=Outrage over Ani DiFranco's planned retreat at a former slave plantation isn't just the internet overreacting |last=Kendall |first=Mikki |department=Comment Is Free |publisher=theguardian.com |date=2013-10-08 |accessdate=2014-01-15}}</ref> DiFranco's choice of venue for the retreat was called "a very blatant display of racism" on a petition at [[change.org]] that collected more than 2,600 signatures.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/30/ani-difranco-retreat_n_4519959.html?ir=Black+Voices |title=Ani DiFranco Cancels Plantation Retreat After Sparking Outrage |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |department=Black Voices |date=2013-12-30 |accessdate=2014-01-15 |first=Danielle |last=Cadet}}</ref>
On December 29, 2013 DiFranco issued a statement that she was cancelling the retreat, stating that "i am not unaware of the mechanism of white privilege or the fact that i need to listen more than talk when it comes to issues of race. if nottoway is simply not an acceptable place for me to go and try to do my work in the eyes of many, then let me just concede before more divisive words are spilled. ... i think many positive and life-affirming connections would have been made at this conference, in its all of its complexity of design. i do not wish to reinvent the righteous retreat at this point to eliminate the stay at the Nottoway Plantation. at this point I wish only to cancel."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.righteousbabe.com/blogs/news/11177617-righteous-retreat-cancelled |title=Righteous Retreat Cancelled |publisher=righteousbabe |date=2013-11-18 |accessdate=2014-01-15}}</ref> The singer's statements were called "remarkably unapologetic" on [[
DiFranco issued an apology on January 2, 2014 following continued criticism. In it, she wrote "..i would like to say i am sincerely sorry. it is obvious to me now that you were right - all those who said we can't in good conscience go to that place and support it or look past for one moment what it deeply represents. i needed a wake up call and you gave it to me."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.righteousbabe.com/blogs/news/11257877-from-ani |title=from Ani |publisher=righteousbabe |date=2013-11-18 |accessdate=2014-01-15}}</ref>
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