Eliminating Race from history

[GMDino]

Came across this video this morning on Twitter.

ICYMI: Here’s the video — given multiple chances, OKLAHOMA schools superintendent @RyanWaltersSupt makes clear he doesn’t believe in teaching that slin color played a role in the 1921 Tulsa RACE Massacre.

Whitewashing history is the goal. pic.twitter.com/5XkcIAdEDL

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) July 8, 2023

 


For those who are unaware of the Tulsa Race Massacre here is a brief reader:

https://www.tulsahistory.org/exhibit/1921-tulsa-race-massacre/

tl;dr

A black man got a charged after stories went around about him in an elevator with a white woman. Some whites went to drag him from the cell, blacks tried to stop them. A shootout. 35 blocks of black neighborhood got burned to the ground.

The superintendent in the video says it was NOT about skin color.

Should we eliminate race from all of history?

Slavery wasn't about black people...it was about cheap labor.
Lynching wasn't about black people...it was about justice!
Blacks not being able to eat at white only diners was about freedom!

Not sure this the way we want to go.

[*pally*]

sometimes you just have to shake your head

[Dill]

(07-08-2023, 11:36 AM)GMDino Wrote: The superintendent in the video says it was NOT about skin color.

Should we eliminate race from all of history?

Slavery wasn't about black people...it was about cheap labor.
Lynching wasn't about black people...it was about justice!
Blacks not being able to eat at white only diners was about freedom!

Not sure this the way we want to go.

This will make sense to people who wonder why there is a Black History Month but no White History Month. 

LOl "Recognizing injustice just keeps racism alive!!"