6/10 - Bom
16 de mar. de 2026
Representation Matters!
I stayed at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront for my daughter’s competition this past weekend. The hotel itself is beautiful. Check-in was easy, the rooms were very clean, and the front desk staff was excellent. On the surface, it reflects the quality you expect from the Hilton brand.
But the decor throughout the entire hotel left me stunned—and not in a good way.
The hallways, elevator areas, bedrooms, and even the bathrooms are filled with large vintage photos of beach scenes from the 1960s. Every single image shows white Americans enjoying the beach during a time in history when people who looked like me—an African-American woman—were not welcome in many of those same spaces.
It’s hard not to think about the historical reality: in that era, Black families could face harassment, arrest, or worse simply for trying to enjoy the same beaches. So it’s genuinely baffling that a major company like Hilton would choose that exact period to celebrate throughout a modern hotel in 2026.
At best, it’s incredibly tone-deaf. At worst, it sends a message no hotel should want to send.
It’s disappointing that no one in the design or leadership process stopped to ask how guests of color might feel walking past those images over and over again. Because of that, despite the otherwise nice stay, I left feeling uncomfortable rather than welcomed.
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