Gotta go upscroll (is that the opposite of doomscroll? I hope so) and read.
My apologies for missing that section of this thread, and thanks for directing me.
I thought of you when I read this article–I need to get my hands on a solid history book on the Tulsa Massacre (with as many first-sources as possible). If any come to mind, just off the top of your head or through your own reading, please let me know.
I have lost count of the many times I have driven through Tulsa (never stopping, just long road trips) and have wanted to know as much about that chapter of the city’s history.
Same or more goes for my Utter Lack of Deep Knowledge re the Trail of Tears (which btw included thousands of fugitive-enslaved and enslaved people and not just First Nations peoples), another route I drive long sections of, pretty much annually. Again, any books off the top of your head, or authors, please feel free (but not pressured) to let me/us know.
Rereading this:
available for free here, y’all!:
this month.
Big thanks to W. E. B. Du Bois for this heavy lift from 1903. Major work and I can’t imagine how he must have felt writing it.
I also heard this recent interview on Fresh Air about the over throw of the Wilmington NC government in the 1890s:
The topic of race riots and the impact it had on the Black community and how ensuring segregation in the first half of the 20th century seems to be passing more into the mainstream of public consciousness, which is important. If people are learning some history from shows like the Watchmen or Lovecraft Country, then I’m all for it.
New Sesame Workshop series and Black Muppets. Maybe there’s hope for a future Schoolhouse Rock! explainer for the differences between capitalism, socialism, and fascism:
Not sure if anyone at the station got the Women’s History Month memo, but also cannot help wondering what percentage of time is spent broadcasting creepy personal opinions about who they find attractive and why vs. the sports they’re supposed to be discussing.
Good news everybody! Her Madge’s government says there is no institutional racism within the UK, apparently we’re post-racial. So, nothing to see here.
At least that’s how I feel when my neighbors (US) say that, and that they just think everyone should be treated the same (usually in the context of affirmative action or some such.)