Updated: 4:30 PM EDT May 10, 2021 Mecca Rayne Anchor/Reporter It s a history so painful most didn t or wouldn’t talk about it.But tough conversations are necessary for the Tulsa Race Massacre. The violence seen that day eventually became the center of several lawsuits. Nearly 100 years ago, horrors befell Tulsa s once-thriving Black community of Greenwood. The victims stories were fraught with terror and violence, spurred on by racism.During a time when racism was alive and legal, Black Wall Street created a world and walls where Black Oklahomans could thrive. Their own space was able to provide all-important services that outside were nearly impossible to receive without the threat of unfair treatment. So the residents were business owners, doctors, service providers and more. They did well.But that fateful day in 1921 changed everything the community worked so hard to build. Their homes, way of life and peace were demolished. Many lost their lives
Race Massacre Centennial Commission Calls For Conversation With Gov Stitt Over HB 1775
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How Trump ignited the fight over critical race theory in schools
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Updated: 3:30 PM CDT May 10, 2021 Mecca Rayne Anchor/Reporter It s a history so painful most didn t or wouldn’t talk about it.But tough conversations are necessary for the Tulsa Race Massacre. The violence seen that day eventually became the center of several lawsuits. Nearly 100 years ago, horrors befell Tulsa s once-thriving Black community of Greenwood. The victims stories were fraught with terror and violence, spurred on by racism.During a time when racism was alive and legal, Black Wall Street created a world and walls where Black Oklahomans could thrive. Their own space was able to provide all-important services that outside were nearly impossible to receive without the threat of unfair treatment. So the residents were business owners, doctors, service providers and more. They did well.But that fateful day in 1921 changed everything the community worked so hard to build. Their homes, way of life and peace were demolished. Many lost their lives
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law on Friday barring grade schools from teaching lessons about race or sex that may make students uncomfortable.
Schools in the state can no longer teach lessons about race that may cause âdiscomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distressâ to students. The bills passed the House and the Senate by wide margins. Both chambers are overwhelmingly controlled by Republicans, none of whom voted against the bill.
HB 1775 also bars educators from teaching students that âone race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sexâ and the Republicans sponsoring the bill claim that theyâre concerned about the teaching of critical race theory â though the implicit claim that educators were teaching either of the aforementioned concepts is dubious at best.