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Tomee450 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:15 PM
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55. Why is it a crackpot theory?
The ninth ward was flooded before to save white districts of New Orleans. Knowing this, why is it unreasonable to believe it was done this time. I've heard reports that the levee should have held and people are wondering why it did not. They called it a crackpot theory when blacks complained about syphilis experiments being done on black males. Turned out to be true. The black business district of Tulsa Oklahoma was deliberately bombed and a prosperous black community was wiped out. The reason? A reported rape of a white woman which turned out to be untrue. They used the rape as a reason to get rid of blacks who had become quite wealthy. In fact, the black district was so successful it was called the black Wall Street. This occurred around the beginning of the twentieth century. Again thousands of blacks were scattered about the country. It was so traumatic, elderly black people have a difficult time discussing it today. Only recently has this appalling story of the black shopping district of Tulsa become known. So no, it does not have to be a crackpot theory.
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