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stillcool

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7. I didn't know about it...

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2020, 08:48 PM

Jun 2020

it has made me realize how very little I do know. Growing up in the 60's-70's, and having my life experiences, convinced me that my knowledge of racism was accurate. Just today, my mind opened to the fact that I've never gone beneath the surface. Perhaps it's fear. There's so much emotion that bubbles up. It's like those people that go on tours of Plantations and don't want to hear about slaves. It bothers their perception.

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I never heard of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921 until this week. [View all] milestogo Jun 2020 OP

I read about it when the Tulsa Race Riot Commission issued a report in 2001 grantcart Jun 2020 #1

PBS has a good documentary shanti Jun 2020 #2

Looks like you have to donate in order to see full episode. Nevilledog Jun 2020 #11

Seems like PBS shanti Jun 2020 #12

I agree. Nevilledog Jun 2020 #13

Found this on YouTube: WhiskeyWulf Jun 2020 #28

Thank you! Nevilledog Jun 2020 #31

I learned about it about 20 years ago when a black friend said "Happy Juneteenth" & I had no idea Pachamama Jun 2020 #3

I heard of it for the first time from news articles referring to the HBO Show The Watchmen JonLP24 Jun 2020 #4

Yes, me, & I'm ashamed to have to admit I never heard even a hit of something like that happening. napi21 Jun 2020 #5

I lived in Tulsa for several years TlalocW Jun 2020 #6

I didn't know about it... stillcool Jun 2020 #7

A total shock for me, I never heard of it and I thought I knew about racist America. katmondoo Jun 2020 #8

It wasn't the only one, in fact it was almost the norm towards black towns which prospered... brush Jun 2020 #9

THIS malaise Jun 2020 #10

Exactly! spicysista Jun 2020 #18

This stuff burns me up. So much inhuman cruelty towards us has been "disappeared"... brush Jun 2020 #22

Of course! spicysista Jun 2020 #23

I am, and you do the same as the virus is not the only thing we have to deal with. brush Jun 2020 #24

👍 uponit7771 Jun 2020 #26

I learned about Juneteenth on DU. Last year I watched a PBS documentary... SMC22307 Jun 2020 #14

I didn't know about it until I saw Watchmen. Initech Jun 2020 #15

This sweetloukillbot Jun 2020 #16

For anyone interested, Black Wall Street (Durham, North Carolina). SMC22307 Jun 2020 #17

The History Channel has a good documentary. spicysista Jun 2020 #19

Seems there MAY be some confusion here. Just to clarify, ret5hd Jun 2020 #20

Yes, I could see that in some of the responses. milestogo Jun 2020 #30

It was 1968, MLK had been recently killed, I was in college sanatanadharma Jun 2020 #21

I've often wondered what would happen if whites from America... roamer65 Jun 2020 #25

The US did something to stop it, that's what. Why wonder? Just read history. Igel Jun 2020 #33

I have known about it for many years. PTWB Jun 2020 #27

I am ashamed to admit I have only learned of it recently. smirkymonkey Jun 2020 #29

I don't know for sure how long i've known about it ibegurpard Jun 2020 #32

I heard about it 2 decades ago wellst0nev0ter Jun 2020 #34

I just learned about it last year. mantis49 Jun 2020 #35

NBA superstar Russell Westbrook is producing a docuseries about it... blitzen Jun 2020 #36