While she did not attend the protests, she expressed her support.
“I understand people need to make themselves known and felt and seen,” she said. “And of course Black’s thing lives on. Do we think our little White a ** s are the only ones who matter? No!”
She also gave details on why she named a Civil War-themed attraction at the Tennessee and Missouri theme park. In 2018, she changed the name of the Dixie Stampede to The Stampede, after realizing that the term “Dixie” was associated with the Confederacy.
“There is such a thing as innocent ignorance, and so many of us are guilty of that,” she told the magazine.
“When they said ‘Dixie’ was an insulting word, I thought, ‘Well, I do not want to offend anyone. This is a business. We’ll just call it the Stampede.’ Once you realize that [something] is a problem, you need to fix it. Do not be dumba **. That’s where my heart is. I would never dream of someone with the intention of hurting. “
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