I moved to Tulsa when I was in the 6th grade and no it was not taught in school. I found out about this massacre on you tube. America shame on you, shame on you America.
@Margaret Kpeh Do today's immigrants have the SAME RIGHTS as those "European settlers" who used superior weapons to decimate the Native Americans? What about the Sand Creek massacre? What about the Trail of Tears? You wrote, "The British and French Canadians gave weapons to the Indians to kill European settlers who defected from the monarchies of Europe." That is NOT how the land was taken from the First American People. This country was settled PRIMARILY by British settlers with GUNS. I think the purpose of this lady's lecture was to get people to look at TRUTH, and move in TRUTH. As long as we lie and try to rewrite history, there will be lack of progress in human relations.
@Steven Allen You are on point.........now they want to pretend that they are just hearing about Tulsa.......yeah right. One thing they love to brag about is generational wealth..........where/who.....did MANY of them get it from? Oh but when we talk about our stories of atrocities that their ancestors committed...........they tell us......”that was the past....move on”.
I kind of laugh when people in this country claim to have a History degree. I would give it the equivalent of a grade school degree because you know they weren't taught real American history.
Depends how you look at it. Just like a highway that runs through a city. Just passing by. You can still be correct. But unless you live there?! You don't know what really goes on. So there are many truths. Just not not the whole truth.
@@ricklodestein1101 👄Doesn't depend on how you look it! Depends on what you are taught...whitewashed history is not truth!! You were taught a lie...by omission of the truth!!
@@earlofmar7987 👄The Dixiecrats who enslaved African people are now rethugs and they don't want you to know history! They, apparently, succeeded with you!!
Girl Go back to the bible. Our greatness as been colonized, brutalized, plundered since before the bible. Great Civilization, societies, to Tulsa they destroy it.
@@ladyofspa yes ma’am I’m aware some self inflicted wounds caused by our ancestors in there too but these I mentioned was far beyond of what TMH told the 70 shepherds
Missing from the white woman's stiry: The names of the 3 living survivors (ages 100, 106, & 107) who recently testified b4 Congress, and have to beg fo restitution. Shame. Shame. Shame.
👄The WW who backed the original accusations refuted them, again, generations later. She admitted, at the time, that she hadn't been harmed, yet the destruction continued.
Your sentence does not make sense. The Whig Party/ Democrat KKK members, were primarily English. It was The Whigs, that brought the slaves, that established the Plantations. Then the Scot's arrived in 1700's, they hated the English & hated Slavery. Neither are considered European. The Scot's beat the English during the Revolutionary War. But they kept coming back. They armed the Tecumseh Indians, to attack settlers up near the Great Lakes. Burned the White House, invaded Baltimore and invaded Louisiana. All within 3 years. 1812-1815. Then these same Democrats started a Civil War, and guess who supported them and gave them gold.....The English.
I saw the movie on local tv on a weekend about 5 years ago. It was labeled "based on a true story." I was not only shocked/horrified this happened but that it was covered up buried in history.
If you are curious, research "Red Summer". This happened in many cities across the US. She hit the nail on the head when she said, these events were called "race riots" when in fact they were more like massacres/ethnic cleansings.
I don't think that's a valid excuse. I'm not LGBTQ but I know and understand that homophobia and bigotry exists; I'm not Jewish but I know that anti-semitism exist; I'm not Muslim....you get the picture. I don't accept that people don't know. That people don't know about the extent of racism neither past, nor present. That people choose to avoid what is avoidable to them, that is something else and it is by choice.
I think we all in some way have been racially profiled in one or another. Maybe not to the extent of dieing like these folks were. I was a short white guy. Who do you think got picked last for most sports? Until I proved myself I was always last. Not to take away from this terrible massacre but in some ways we've all experienced some sort of racism. Just a tought.
@@HerseySyntheticOil I think what you're describing here is more akin prejudice. We've all experienced various forms of prejudice. Racial discrimination however, attempts to reduce/dehumanize or invalidate someone based on something as inane as skin color. In your scenario, there is then no way a person can then "prove their worth" to the group/ society at large who thinks this way. Trying to understand another's perspective is vitally important in this climate but, we have to be careful not to engage is the oppression Olympics because it does negate or delegitimize someone else's experience. If you don't know what it's like, that is okay too.
Every human being on the planet has been discriminated against. Less intelligent, less attractive, handicapped, injured, poor, sick, etc all know how it feels. We need to start connecting and not playing victim. This statement is toxic and disingenuous.
You have to ask the question, why have SO many stories of race atrocities been hidden, or not brought up from history... Does all the negative race events in history paint a bad picture on america's brand?
Correct hurt feelings is a part of it! But then the white nationalists wouldn't want to pay out what is owed: respect to fellow human beings, exposing the truth of African American contributions to America and of course the financial compensation owed to make right the blocking of economic growth to African American owned businesses.
@@mrlr9602 I agree whole heartily, teaching that Satanic mess. Mitch McCornells (Rep) and his clan can not stop this one there are other towns that was Prospering: Roswood, NC, Detroit, Chicago etc.
@@dnice4818 They won't do it because what happened was in Tulsa was shameful, and would make a lot of people uncomfortable too bad if it happened to European Americans, they would MAKE SURE everyone knows.
What is so tragic is that this was done by "good Christian people" who claim to love Jesus. The bible says that if you don't love your brother who you see everyday, you cannot love God, who you have never seen.
@@xbrandi12345x Hello Brandi....this is found in 1 John 4:20. The actual verse reads as follows (NIV version): "Whoever claims to love God yet hates his brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother or sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen."
Tulas was just one of hundreds if not thousands... Here a a few rarely mentioned.. 1989 New Orleans docks, 1898 Wilmington, DE- Lake City SC,- Greenwood County, SC.- 1899 Newburgh, NY. 1900 New Orleans, LA.- NYC Tenderloin race riot. 1906 Little Rock, AR.- Atlanta, GA. 1908 Springfield IL. 1910 Slocum, TX. 1917 East St.Louis, IL. 1917 Chester, PA.- Lexington, KY. 1919 Red Summer Elaine, AR., Washington DC., Macon, MS., Chicago, Baltimore, Omaha, Charleston, Longview, TX., Knoxville, TN. 1921 Tulsa, OK., 1922 Perry, FL., 1923 Rosewood, FL. 1927 Poughkeepsie, NY., 1943 Detroit, MI., - Beaumont, TX. This list is not complete. Mass atrocities by white domestic terrorist.
I'm a descendent of this atrocity and my great grandmother who lived it would talk about it every Sunday after church. I was born in Tulsa and later moved to Oklahoma city. This was never taught in school yet we learned of the Alamo, Boston tea party, trail of tears etc.
Thanks for sharing your story. Something Elain is distorting is that US History lessons center around large change events. Lessons about race in these curriculums tend to revolve around two time periods: The Civil War era and the Civil Rights era. Both of these eras contain multiple atrocities and events that help people understand lessons to be learned from what was perpetrated by some in an inhumane culture. I noticed you omitted these events taught in every school. You learned about the Boston Tea Party as part of the bigger era of change, The American Revolutionary War, So, my point in saying this is that this strategy is used for all subjects found in US history and there are many important events that are not included because they did not happen in an era of change dominated by that subject. Both you and the speaker’s implication is that the education system doesn’t teach about racism because this specific event is not taught, but of course that is not true. It might be a fruitful exercise to imagine 244 years of historic events condensed into a 3-4 month class that meets for 3 hours each week. Obviously 244 years of nonstop US History doesn’t fit into that amount of time, so it is not a question of racism, coverup, or even lack of desire but strategy to pick eras with large groups of events that teach similar lessons.
@@ricklodestein1101 "Critical race facts" lol. You obviously have no idea what the word "theory" refers to in the context of academia. Of course, critical race theory, much to the dismay of conservatives, is based in historical fact, but I'm going to assume your ability to examine society and history from a sociological perspective is limited.
@@ricklodestein1101 Let's try teaching ALL the FACTS of American History! How about We as a Country, try teaching the REAL Truth for a few Generations and see how that works out for US.......Because Lying about our History.....Hasn't worked out so great for US, as a United Country!
@@dianebozeman5275 You are absolutely correct! If and only if people want a true understanding of how America was created and how it continues to operate in the current day. 💯
Study the lynchings of African Americans from post emancipation till now. Little if any accountability from leaders or law enforcement-they often were/are participants. Is equal justice under the law possible in America?
This is the story and the history of America ingrained racial history in this country. This country was built on racism and it is why today in May 2021 Mitch McConnell leader of senate republican party openly campaigns to stop any teaching about racism in regards to people of color in this country. If you don't acknowledged it, it didn't happen. Out of sight, out of mind.
They are moving it again..... have you heard recently in the news when most CEOS say “I don’t understand why people are focusing on college. College is not important. And you don’t need it to be successful.” The goal line is being moved. The wealthy is focusing on entrepreneurship.
Can't keep the truth in the dark for long ... as it is written what is done in the dark will come to light .. your sins will follow you .. you best believe that ... as my grandfather would say ... you may run and hide but you can't hide from God ...🔥
Wow! I never thought about how “race riots” technically involved massacres. We need to tell ALL of the events of history. At the end of the day, we as human beings have to be open to the experiences of others. Just because racism isn’t happening to you doesn’t make others experience with it invalid or imagined.
@@marietaylor5174 Right! Because their money is not worth anything. This is the reason they so easily disburse their money in civil cases when the police kill. It's fiat and not worth a damn!
It is so sad what jealousy can create. It is beyond prejudice. Pure jealousy. Self contained town, and no one is depending in the majority. So what was the problem?
Jealousy mixed with racial resentment, to be more precise. Jealousy is a pretty common human emotion, but in normal circumstances it can be controlled. When you throw in a sense of racial entitlement or superiority, however, jealousy is allowed to rage unchecked as a way of "righting" the situation.
It's not jealousy, it's an ancient Biblical hate. One that GOD/YAH will deal with on the Day of the LORD. History is not the only lie or cover-up of truths, even the church won't tell the truth and they know it, they're hiding it. But, it's written in the Bible for all to read. Just like the Bible tells us that in the end, hidden truths will come out and knowledge will increase, it also tells us the punishment for those who did and hid their evils. You can find that in Joel Chapter 3. It's a short chapter and easy to understand.
@Valerie Blount, "Self contained town, and no one is depending in the majority. So what was the problem?" They weren't depended on any one for a living that was the problem.
And a build board in Pooler, Ga says social media is not the new!?! I beg to differ. It's the news and so much more. It tells the secrets the worst of America wants to hide.
....Wilmington ,North Carolina ....Ocoee , Florida massacre ...East St. Louis, Illinois massacre ..Elaine massacre Slocum Opelousa New Orleans I'm finding some of these others as I'm typing
Patiently waiting for the rest of my people to finally wake up and realize who their enemy truly is. This entire time all those people have ever done is cause us grief of some sort.
@@rkillalea6706 They are still excavating the unmarked mass graves so its precipitous to say what the death toll was... unless someone was there and took count personally.
@@elainegrant2891 Hi Elaine, oh no this was long before red summer..........type in search.....Devil’s Punch Bowl in Natchez Mississippi. I try to wrap my head around such hatred............it seems visceral!
What happened in Tulsa was terrible, this was no riot it was a progrom and ethnic cleansing rolled into one, America condemned krystalnacht when that occurred in 1938 huh what hypocrisy, no perpetrator was prosecuted or jailed, and the victims were never compensated. Makes me glad I'm not American.
My Grandfather survived this at just 6 years old. He always made sure we knew the history & strength from which we came. He testified at the all the hearings & never told us, I found his testimony after he passed. But, The spirit of Greenwood never died, they rebuilt the city themselves after the riot. They rebuilt a thriving business district until the city built a freeway through it
I think what you're asking is why are the views so low compared to other speakers' videos, as I don't have any others! I don't really know, except that the original title of this talk failed to convey what it was about. At the TED site, I believe it's still labeled as "The Secrets of Our Shared History." I'm gratified to see this getting more views because of the 100th commemoration of this terrible event.
@@elainegrant2891 I'm glad you shared this information/experience with your son. To honest, you can't really shield from the ignorance from others.. knowledge of one's self is key. Knowledge of their history. My daughter is Biracial (AA and Puerto Rican) and I've taught her to be proud of her history.
Yes , there are many cases all across this country like this throughout history. We all deserve reparations for the damage these people have done. More of these accounts are coming to light.
@@BigRod69 These people are all dead except for three. They turned down reparations. Why would you deserve money for something that did not happen to you?
You exposed the history no matter how we treat them they will still forgive us. I like the three questions at the end. It is all about the narrative of who is telling the story. Thank you for the TedX talk.
@@Fari-100 My friend wrote an article about the event and he gives a history and why the massacre took place. If you give me your email address I’ll send it to you? Too often we think of these events are responsible by vigilantes or mops but this is state sanction terrorism. They use airplanes to drop bombs like they did in Germany.
@@veronicaancrum4871 yeah, it's really unbelievable. I've been fighting all day on yt with the defenders and apologists of the indefensible. They're probably gonna cancel my account at any time, cause I have not been mincing my words with them 😅. I don't want to put my email on here for obvious reasons. Can you post a link perhaps?
@@Fari-100 Look me up on Facebook and I can send it to you that way. Because I can’t do it from RU-vid. All I can tell you it’s good. First of all TEDTalks are lame.
It happened, but this story continues to be completely embellished. B Wall Street was a functioning neighborhood with hard-working people but most of the people were by no means affluent. The 19 year old accused of attempted assault never claimed to trip and fall in the elevator. He attacked the 17 year old girl after the elevator doors were closed and she screamed and opened the door with scratches on her face and hands. He ran away. The store keeper did not automatically call the cops and make a false accusation. Shopkeepers heard the girl scream and came to see if she needed help. The police were called after she told them what happened to her. The riot started with armed Bs killing around 10 Ws. The majority of the city was W and in response about 30 Bs were killed. The claim that at least 300 Bs were killed is completely made up, there is no evidence for it and these r@ce grifters are out there excavating Tulsa right now hoping to find b0dies to inflate the numbers. All in the service of inflating grievances. This all started with a B 19 year old assaulting a W 17 year old and then armed Bs killed about 10 Ws. This was insane and the response was obviously insane as well, but the condescending false narratives that treat a functioning B district as if it was the source of envy and jealousy reveals the big0try of low expectations and the desire to inflate the number of b0dies shows the perverse incentive of people who benefit from creating divisions in society by inflaming tensions with this obviously false narrative that W people are all bad and B people are all good. The truth is always much more nuanced and in the case of Tulsa it’s not just more nuanced, it’s completely different than this revisionist propaganda. I’m curious to hear if Candace will or has ever commented on this cuz it would be a prime example of the type of lies and false narratives used to perpetuate a victim-complex in her community that she often speaks against.
We seem to forget,these so called tragedies as they are called,started when we were kidnaped from our motherland,which is Africa,and were forced to come to this godforsaken
German here: I can only say that remembering and facing your past is painful - and healing. Let historians do their work and teach what they have found out. By doing so you can at least have a clear picture of what happened. Do not gloss over things or avoid uncomfortable truths. It will not hurt you, it will only hurt your feelings. And whoever did horriible things 100 years ago is mostly dead now. So, putting these to trial is not possible anymore. What happened in Germany between 1933 - 1945 is by no way comparable to the Tulsa Massacre or any other event in US history. The only comparable thing perhaps is, that the generation who was responsible back then tried to forget everything and wanted "to get over it". You can have a better understanding of what you are today if you remember. Because what we are today is because of what our ancestors did in the past. Simple as that. But be aware: there are lots of people who do not want to remember. They either do not want to be exposed or want their peace of mind to be disturbed. Those will find any reason not to support remembering and facing the past. Every victim has the right to be remembered. Every deed has to be remembered and we all have to face what the past was. Simple as that. Another lesson to me is also important: What is broken can be repaired. You cannot make things undone. But you can repair a society to a certain extent. By remembering you realize what was wrong in the past and what needs to be adressed today. Can we "learn" from the past? To a certain extent - yes. But this is an ongoing task.
Justice AND forgiveness stand shoulder to shoulder. Justice demands some form of reparations. Forgiveness is the letting go of persistent ill will with its revenge, retaliation and retribution fantasies. Dr. Robert Enright’s “Forgiveness is a Choice” is the gold standard of evidence-based forgiveness practice. He is also on RU-vid. Let’s move forward in 2021 and not get stuck in resentment.
@@derp8575 Actually there are many. I don't deal with those type ppl. I burn a candle and pray for karma to attack. I pray for generational curses. It's not hard to be civil. I pray for death to find uncivil ppl. I've became pretty good at it too.
We don't understand Racism because it's not actually Racism, it's SCAPE GOATING which is a byproduct of low self worth and insecurity that is passed from generation to generation as early childhood conditioning and training. We are taught early on, by those already emotionally damaged to find a SCAPE GOAT to punish and take out our unhappiness and anger on which MAGICALLY makes us feel much better - for a while. It's so simple it's complicated but it just boils down to an attempt to go from low self worth to higher self worth by looking down on and PUNISHING a carefully selected SCAPE GOAT - Just like the Nazis did with the Jews in WWII and ppl of color have long been the favorite SCAPE GOATS of American culture. It may look like Racism but it's just plain old self enhancement by dissing others or other things.....and it works for most folks which is why it so (secretly) popular. You can instantly raise your low self worth and insecurity by dissing or attacking someone else! The Nazis may be the most glaring example of that basic principle in modern times.
Tulsa is one of many cities built and destroyed.Tulsa is only one of many worse things America has done to African Americans.Please dont think this is the worst. Theres so so so many worse stories.
Julieann Nairn: Sarah Page left town just like the young alleged man. Now we see why the OLD WHITE MEN don't want the real history to be taught in schools...OH what Web we Weave only to deceive the truth will reveal.
Thank you for sharing this, I learned about the Tulsa massacre along with the Tuskegee experiment for the first time a few years ago, it shocked me although it didn’t surprised me. These incidents need to be shared, there’s a lot of people in this country that doesn’t know about this, can you imagine any German citizen not knowing about the atrocities of the 3rd reich?
Why are people in the comments talking about something being hidden when you can easily look this up online or goto a library? Is reading a book really that hard? Why do we need someone else to teach us their perspective when we can research and develop our own?
Not only were bodies dumped in the river and buried in mass graves but still other bodies were loaded onto train cars and taken elsewhere for dumping so we will never have an accurate number of those who were murdered. Thankfully God kept an accurate record and knows where each body came to rest. When those who have escaped earthly justice are resurrected to receive the just recompense of their deeds they will remember what they did and those they murdered and then they will die the 2nd (eternal) death. Sin and sinners will be no more.
Another current impact of these race massacres is that while most of these are not talked about by the general public, the families of the descendants know and share stories among themselves. This means there are so many Americans with a completely different perspective of American history. Add in wealth inequality and current racism and the result is people living in such completely different realities socially, economically and historically that it’s as if we’re not all even in the same country. This is why hearing “Make America Great Again” necessarily raised the questions: when was America great, and for who?
The history wasn’t hidden. Y’all just chose entertainment over learning.... There are a lots of books “The Burning” by Tim Madigan, and “Death in a Promiseland”, by by Scott Ellsworth, is two of them. Oprah has a whole list.....You can’t expect teachers to teach you everything. Their job is to get you to the next level of learning. Once you learned to read, seeking out more to understand is on you. There is so much knowledge out there. Far more than the internet and RU-vid can contain. It is a cop out to think that the one single teacher in your history class can teach you ALL the history of everywhere.
aravaah: You are correct part of history should be taught at home (read, read, read) What a wasted 12 years knowing that the lesson plan is plan by design...teachers would get off topic just to throw in a little truth about the matter and get in trouble... the real history is disturbing and heartbroken to know there is war in American on its own people. If that makes Rep Mitch McCornell and his clan uncomfortable to talk about it. Then we should.
You are correct and well-articulated. The same way Caesar controlled the masses of Rome during it's decline. Bread and Circus. Unfortunately, most people do not want to take accountability for their lives nor their knowledge (or lack thereof). Misery loves company.
Just think about it...the descendants of those Terrorists are living today. Some of them are your policemen, judges, and lawyers today. I wonder what they were taught by their parents and their parent's parents. We're they told it was wrong and to never repeat that horrendous act? Perhaps...perhaps not.
@Chayil 74 Those were our people.... All of them! And the new one's.... At this point we have no more to discuss. The Most High will speak for his people. As he has been doing. Game over! Revelation 18:6 “Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.”
That was 1921. What about the Red Lining, denial of loans in 60, 70s, 80s, preventing from owning land? Every step forward they circumvented our self reliance
