He said he had never heard of Black Wall Street which made me realize their are a lot of people who have not heard of this deliberate destruction of a thriving black community.
I found the documentary on youtube that I saw 10+ years ago that opened my eyes to the story. My afternoon is now being spent re-watching it.
(note: the commentary starts around the 6 minute mark of the first video in the playlist)
I really wish they would make a big budget movie about this.
the key to happiness is not being rich; it's doing something arduous and creating something of value and then being able to reflect on the fruits of your labor
Atillah Moor Member since Sep 05th 2013 13825 posts
Wed Feb-11-15 03:42 PM
4. "I often had heard of it as the only bombing on US soil" In response to Reply # 1
and when I tried to find out more under that description I couldn't get good results. I think a lot of people may first hear of it in that fashion and easily dismiss it as conspiracy theory or something.
To be honest though I'd try to hide this one too-- it's beyond shameful.
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Everything looks like Oprah kissing Harvey Weinstein these days
Atillah Moor Member since Sep 05th 2013 13825 posts
Wed Feb-11-15 03:40 PM
2. "Proves a valuable lesson-- they (the majority) hate us period" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Feb-11-15 03:44 PM by Atillah Moor
When black people are successful and keep to our damn selves we get killed. When we act out of line we get killed. This event really helps to illustrate that the vast majority of white folks will either kill us or watch us get killed. I almost have pity for the white majority because it must take a lot of self hate to breed this kind of violence.
Why or how we have any allegiance with their system and country becomes increasingly more confusing to me. I think in the shadow of our current events it is obvious we are and will remain second class citizens. This is no place for many of us.
If reparations can even be won it should start with the property damage from white riots such as these.
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Everything looks like Oprah kissing Harvey Weinstein these days