More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”
The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”
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Shameful part of American history.
I was shocked, and not just by the event itself.
We need to step away from their influence in choosing textbooks,
and let local school districts have more choice.
1619: Slavery begins.
1865: 13th Amendment ends slavery; Black Codes enforce labor control.
1896: Plessy v. Ferguson allows segregation.
1921: Tulsa Massacre destroys
1934: FHA redlining denies Black families mortgages, enforcing segregation.
1940s-70s: Urban renewal projects displace Black communities.
1950s-60s: Rent-to-own schemes exploit Black families with eviction risks.
1980s-2000s: Mass incarceration devastates Black families via systemic policies.
2025: DOJ report labels Tulsa Massacre a coordinated attack and systemic injustice.
It may soon be open season on brown and black people in Trump's America.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/1/2033207/-TRUE-BLUE-REPORT-Learning-the-real-history-of-this-country-would-break-you
The U.S. has ALWAYS been cruel & depraved to Minoritized individuals/communities/States.
**It’s not just conservatives either.**
We’re experts in human rights violations and exploitation for fun and profit.
Expecting people to care about animal welfare when society DGAF (& never has) about treating other humans with a modicum of respect is probably unrealistic unfortunately. (I used to be more optimistic.)
Did you know they have to frequently replace Emmett Till’s plaque marker where he was killed? Bc even today POS racists deface it with bullet holes. I feel like every one should go to a 1/
Anyone who thinks our information isn’t carefully controlled by the govt is deluding themselves
Democrac Now
Al Jazeera, Spanish guardian are what you want
It’s key to recognize it. Look at disparate sources. Except Fox which has used the legal defense of ‘no reasonable person would believe us therefore we aren’t misleading the public’ to great effect.
We're about to have assholes come into power who were the kind that started and kept the 1921 Tulsa race massacre going
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/elaine-massacre-of-1919-1102/
Calling it a riot was always a dog whistle
"The review includes multiple acknowledgments of the extensive role of law enforcement and city officials encouraging white Tulsans to murder their Black neighbors."
An explanation for this. Stumbled upon while getting a teaching degree, and asking why history and science textbooks are so terrible (it’s the beginning of a threaded response to a since deleted skeet).
My father an activist for minority groups & history major; my brother 30yrs Boston Museum Director … yet
Regina King & The Watchmen is how I learned about it!!??!
#TheWatchmen
&
which still fuel nightmares & phobia of tight, enclosed, trapped spaces…
Only the strong survived.
So sad, and Trump has given the green light for a renewal of historic levels of all kinds of racism and bigotry. In a few days we will be back to “there were good people on both sides.”
They just denied the last one (she's like 102) just last year.
I didn’t know that part of it was about reparations and accountability.
Like “Israel’s prisoners”. Terms that crate a false viewpoint propagated by white press.
By death.
In UK it includes St Peter's Fields, families hacked down by soldiers on horseback.
We need to teach our working class histories.
Gender based
Class based
Religious based
Etc
Are all different ways of breaking us up and not saying "the rich t***s with oppressive power are killing the rest of us.
That town stood against the dominant power, it is never allowed
Hateful racists
It’s little wonder that James Baldwin moved to Paris as soon as he became successful.
YET 82 years later gifted the US this 🗽….
White men delete & reframe their violence against women, race & nations.
Always err on the side of acceptance & lead with a loving ❤️!
They should speak the truth .
It did.
Twice.
Just before cameras were invented.
This history has been successfully suppressed for so long, it took nearly 100 years to bring the worlds attention to a massacre in plain sight.
#neverforgetwhattheydid
https://bsky.app/profile/justingee69.bsky.social/post/3lfgnkhqyn22t
#BlackPanthers
F #Capitalism
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-results-review-and-evaluation-tulsa-race-massacre
Every day I'm more ashamed of this country and its people than the day before.
At least I didn’t go: “is this real?” when it was portrayed on TV? 🤷♀️
#365BlackTruth24Seven
It was only a few years ago that I found out how unusual it was that my school had mentioned it at all.
Thank you.
And yet…
“The DoJ’s findings acknowledged the role of Tulsa law enforcement in the massacre, including that of Tulsa police who deputized hundreds of white residents”
🤔
A good starting point for learning the history.
They also need to replace every white-colonial street names with the names of the victims and survivors. TBH.
It would have been buried deep in 2 weeks.
he overthrew democracy ffs! thousands of years later and we're still repeating roman propaganda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhhROY8jPV4
Of course, a lot of idiots chose to bitch about the show because of this, but whatever. Bravo to the makers of the show for being courageous enough to make this atrocity the focus.
*In my view he was/is a complete & utter abject failure regarding his service. He didn't fulfill/execute his duties.
-ONE.🇺🇸
https://statecourtreport.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/oklahoma-supreme-court-rejects-reparations-tulsa-race-massacre
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_John_Kane
Yeah.
Absolutely disgusting...that wealthy black community (AMONGST SEVERAL OTHERS) was literally bombed out of pure jealousy...I'm so sick of it all. #Done