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heaven05

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24. +1000

Reply to malaise (Reply #19)

Tue May 31, 2016, 07:32 PM

May 2016

true.....this hate receded for a while, but the election of our current POTUS brought them out of their stinking sewers and fetid swamps again. And now they have a full blown racist as their leader and just look at his raving, lunatic and racist base of cretins just chomping at the bit to be let loose on minorities of all persuasions. How many would stand around, with tobacco juice from their chew dribbling down their redneck chins, drinking whiskey while guffawing and celebrating as a black body or bodies of black men, women and children were gunned down or had bombs dropped on them. This is still one racist ass country, no doubt.

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95 years ago today, white Tulsans burned down the richest black neighborhood in the country [View all] Recursion May 2016 OP

Dropped bombs on them...nt Jesus Malverde May 2016 #1

Interestingly the soldiers universally reported taking fire from both black and white groups Recursion May 2016 #2

The blacks were most likely defending themselves, the whites . . . who know? brush May 2016 #3

Not to mention the soldiers were mostly recent WWI vets Recursion May 2016 #5

There were likely veterans among all sides JHB May 2016 #14

Maybe the white shooters were just blindly firing at everybody. raging moderate May 2016 #9

Absolutely horrible stuff Hydra May 2016 #4

Why call it a riot? Islandurp May 2016 #6

Yup. Hortensis May 2016 #15

Precisely malaise May 2016 #19

+1000 heaven05 May 2016 #24

Excellent post malaise May 2016 #25

This is what struck out at me bluestateguy May 2016 #7

In the book Sundown Towns gollygee May 2016 #17

You would be lucky to find one in 1000 Americans who even know of this fact Hulk May 2016 #8

Or the 1898 Wilmington coup (nt) Recursion May 2016 #10

K & R for exposure. nt SunSeeker May 2016 #11

The production company I work for has a TV series lined up about this called Greenwood Feeling the Bern May 2016 #12

"1,000 whites at the courthouse went home for their own guns" Babel_17 May 2016 #13

Last I read it, it was. Igel May 2016 #16

With "a good history" I was thinking of a book length accounting Babel_17 May 2016 #20

K&R brer cat May 2016 #18

A sad and horrible piece of US history. aikoaiko May 2016 #21

k+r Blue_Tires May 2016 #22

A short video of Reconciliation Park in the Greenwood and Archer area of Tulsa: ret5hd May 2016 #23

Those attacked and terrorized... Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #26

They actually did call it the "Black Wall Street" yellerpup May 2016 #27

Thank you! Catherine Vincent May 2016 #28