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Johnny2X2X

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1. Seems like we did forget for a long time

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Thu Jun 1, 2023, 09:53 AM

Jun 2023

Lived my entire life without ever hearing of this until the last few years.

The death and destruction was staggering. Over 1250 homes and buildings burnt down. Estimates of the dead range from 75 to 300+.

We learned zero about it in school. Must have been too woke to talk about.

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Tulsa Black Wall Street Race Massacre- 31 May -1 June 1921. Lest we forget. [View all] niyad Jun 2023 OP

Seems like we did forget for a long time Johnny2X2X Jun 2023 #1

I learned about it here on DU. . .even my very liberal college did not mention it. niyad Jun 2023 #4

Had American History in high school Johnny2X2X Jun 2023 #5

Until I got to college, all of my teachers preferred that I not be in the classrooms, niyad Jun 2023 #6

I got kicked out of World Religions class Johnny2X2X Jun 2023 #7

That was even more fun than what I did. niyad Jun 2023 #8

Learned in secretly progressive elementary school MutantAndProud Jun 2023 #9

I know, not a word for most of my 72 years, now, finally it is being brought forth..... a kennedy Jun 2023 #11

What's crazy is that HBO Johnny2X2X Jun 2023 #12

Good heavens, yes. According to a professor I heard on a video clip here last niyad Jun 2023 #13

This toon says it all, imo... Spazito Jun 2023 #2

Exactly. niyad Jun 2023 #3

I will never forget malaise Jun 2023 #10

The treatment of the Indigenous was another thing we were not taught. And, if niyad Jun 2023 #14