The 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre is coming soon to a TV near you.
Oklahomans will be able to tune into at least five new documentaries that will be televised to coincide with the upcoming centennial of the 1921 tragedy.
For those who prefer to take in history through fantastical fiction, two series streaming on HBO Max offer opportunities to see a recreation of some of the darkest days in Oklahoma s complicated history.
The Tulsa Race Massacre was one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history. Between May 31 and June 1, 1921, mobs of white residents attacked, set aflame and ultimately devastated the Greenwood District, which was at that time one of the wealthiest Black communities in the United States, earning it the name Black Wall Street.
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During Black History Month, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt tweeted, “We can never forget the tragedy that happened 100 years ago,” in reference to the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Okla.
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On Friday, the same governor signed into law a bill that prohibits K-12 schools from teaching any race-based curriculum that causes “discomfort, guilt, anguish or psychological distress” to students. In other words, it’s a law that protects white students from white fragility by banning any subject that forces them to think critically about American racism past, present or future.
Now, the Black Wall Street Times, “a black-owned and operated media news company,” according to KFOR 4, is calling for the governor of white tears to be removed from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, because clearly, Governor “Never Forget” would rather educators and students
OKLAHOMA CITY
Oklahoma public school teachers will be prohibited from teaching certain concepts of race and racism under a bill Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law Friday.
The GOP-backed bill prohibits teaching of so-called “critical race theory.”
“Now more than ever, we need policies that bring us together, not rip us apart,” Stitt said in a video statement on Twitter. “As governor, I firmly believe that not one cent of taxpayer money should be used to define and divide young Oklahomans about their race or sex. That is what this bill upholds for public education.”
The House author of the bill, Moore Republican Rep. Kevin West, said he’s heard reports of students being taught that because they’re a certain race or sex, they’re inherently superior to others or should feel guilty for something that happened in the past.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill late Friday similar to ones Republicans across the country are pushing as bans on critical race theory in their states’ schools.
House Bill 1775 bans Oklahoma teachers from teaching concepts like one race or sex is inherently superior to another, or that anyone should feel any form of psychological distress based on their race or sex.
Critics say HB1775 is an attempt to whitewash history, and educators, clergy and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission urged Stitt to veto it. Martin Luther King spoke of a day when people in American would be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. House Bill 1775 codifies that concept that so many of us believe in our hearts, including me, Stitt said in a video message.
Gov. Stitt signs bill limiting race, gender curriculums in Oklahoma schools
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Kevin Stitt, candidate for the Republican nomination for Oklahoma Governor, speaks in Guthrie, Okla., Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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OKLAHOMA CITY â Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Friday that he signed a bill limiting race and gender curriculums in Oklahoma schools.
According to lawmakers, House Bill 1775 will prohibit state public schools, colleges, and universities from incorporating certain messages about sex and race into any course instruction.