Joe Biden On Tulsa Race Massacre 100th Anniversary: ‘U.S. Gov Must Acknowledge Deep Roots Of Racial Terror & Role In Stripping Black Wealth’
On the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation, demanding the U.S. government “acknowledge the deep roots of racial terror and its role in stripping Black wealth.”
On Monday (May 31), Biden called on Americans and the federal Government to “reflect on the deep roots of racial terror in our Nation and recommit to the work of rooting out systemic racism across our country.” He stated, “The Federal Government must reckon with and acknowledge the role that it has played in stripping wealth and opportunity from Black communities. The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to acknowledging the role Federal policy played in Greenwood and other Black communities and addressing longstanding racial inequities through historic investments in the economic security of children and families.”
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While speaking on the once-thriving Black Wall Street in Tulsa’s Greenwood District in the early 20th century — which was built by Black business owners, lawyers, and more and then destroyed by a white mob during an 18-hour period between May 31 and and June 1, 1921 (destroying 35 square blocks of Greenwood, leaving hundreds of homes, businesses, and churches burned, 300 Black Americans killed, and nearly 10,000 homeless) — Biden added, “The destruction caused by the mob was followed by laws and policies that made recovery nearly impossible. Local ordinances were passed requiring new construction standards that were prohibitively expensive, meaning many Black families could not rebuild. The attack on Black families and Black wealth in Greenwood persisted across generations.”
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