This is NOT teaching Critical Race Theory.

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It's just a bit of history that those who rail against Critical Race Theory don't want known.

It turns out that some Black towns in the era of the burning of Greenwood in Tulsa (Black Wall Street, 1921) and dozens of other prosperous Black towns, some Black towns were not burned but FLOODED after the inhabitants were ran out, and turned into lakes...actual reacreation areas for boating, fishing and picnics. And in at least one case, the buildings, houses, churches etc. are still down there and can be explored by divers. Here's a link.

https://worldstar.com/video.php?v=wshh0Q01Af0k7MUwXlzC

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1. Forsyth County in GA has historically been a very racist area.

I first learned about Sundowner towns because of them. We have two TVA lakes in my area which flooded white homes and businesses, but only because there were no Blacks to displace. Forsyth County is between Atlanta and this area...coincidence? I think not.

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2. Where white homes and businesses were involved, rarely, they were compensated...

fairly. Black homeowners and businesses were not, most often not at all.

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3. Interesting, but misleading that she mentions Enfield, MA.

Yes, it was flooded in the 1930s. However, it was only one of six towns that were flooded - and not to build a park, but to build a drinking water reservoir for Boston (Quabbin). Today the area is used for recreation, but its primary purpose was not to build a recreation area. I (a librarian) also can't find any credible information about Enfield, or any of the towns, being Black. This isn't to say there weren't Black folks living in the area that were displaced, but to claim that displacing Enfield & building Quabbin was done due to racism is misleading.

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4. You're talking about one incident? What about the others where there's no question?

And also there's that matter of compensation for loss. She mentions that often times Black families were not compensated equal to whites, many times not at all. With even scant knowledge of how Black people and other POCs were treated then, and in many cases now (google Black farmers' compensation), there should be little doubt as to that.

The one incident you dispute doesn't negate the sad history of the whole story.

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5. I never said the one instance in Mass negated the overall historical accuracy of the clip,

nor denied the historical and ongoing oppression, displacement, subjugation, and genocide perpetuated against Black people throughout the US.