Reddit reviews The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
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I have always been horrified by how little attention the Tulsa Massacre receives. It was a Kristalnacht against people of color. We hear all the time about the race riots of the late 1960s, especially following the death of Martin Luther King. The riots after the police beat the shit out of Rodney King are fresh in our minds are replayed all the time on television. These are perceived as being instigated by black people.
What happened to an entire community in Tulsa is never discussed.
IMNSHO, It is a clear example of how the white community treats "uppity" POC when they are perceived as doing well.
I also think it is an example of how the capitalist oligarchy will use race to turn the working class against each other, but that is a whole other discussion.
I suggest the following for more information:
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There are more books, but I feel those 2 are the best, especially the first book
http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Massacre-Destruction-Tulsa-Race/dp/0312302479/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413517777&sr=1-4&keywords=the+burning
I posted this in a reply, but let me comment with it too. This book is all about the burning of Greenwood, including stories from survivors and much more detail and back story than wiki can offer.
>Thankyou. That's a really interesting perspective, and a big difference from the usual viewpoints I see.
Honestly this was a refreshing surprise thank you. After coming home from the beach I had a mailbox full of insulting replies.
You would do well to understand that most Americans have this view. It is ingrained in us. Just most are not so able to articulate it with historical context (Because our schools are atrocious.)
>Any favourite books?
Book wise here for black history:
https://www.amazon.com/Black-against-Empire-Politics-Foundation-ebook/dp/B01LVU8UUT
And here:
https://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Devil-Dixie-Activists-Alabama/dp/1613734166
And here:
https://www.amazon.com/Carry-Home-Birmingham-Climactic-Revolution/dp/1476709513
And here:
https://www.amazon.com/Burning-Massacre-Destruction-Tulsa-Race/dp/0312302479
For further reading google:
Mass lynching in the US
KKK and Black Activism
MLK and CC permit (he tried to arm himself before he was assassinated and was denied)
Race Riots during ww2 (even in Northern states)
A riveting Criminal Podcast (one of my favorite podcasts) about a KKK counter-protest where the KKK showed up and killed people:
http://wunc.org/post/criminal-birth-massacre#stream/0
These violent clashes were ALL OVER, even in the North. The history of the Civil Rights in the US has been largely whitewashed as if it was all a bunch of people peacefully holding hands. What happened recently here in the US in Charleston was how it used to be daily. Blacks too were denied the right to bear arms even to the end of the era. In fact the right to bear arms was first mentioned as an individual right (citizen's right) in the Supreme Court when it denied all Black people from this right in Dred Scott vs. Stanford in 1856. Blacks were not citizens therefore they had no right to keep and bear arms for their individual safety.
And regarding Labor Rights:
http://www.signature-reads.com/2017/09/history-movement-labor-day-books-read-now/
This list looks actually perfect. I've read Death in Haymarket and The Jungle by Upton Singclair. From Synopsis alone, I recommend "The Devil Is Here in These Hills" about the Blair Mountain Massacre (which is insane btw) and "Meet You In Hell" about another really bloody labor battle.
>The police are way, way less likely to kill you here too; they're not primed to assume everything is a gun and everyone's carrying, and they aren't as militarized
They used to be militarized, but bloody sunday caused the entire UK populace to rise up and disarm their police (even after strict gun laws - this had to be a separate thing), which was a good thing and I'm proud of you guys for that. It would never happen here though in the US.
I also HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend the Wild Wild West documentary on Netflix if you can get it. It's about a violent hindu cult that takes over a tiny tiny town in Oregon (near where I live about 2 hours away), and basically becomes the police. Although I warn you the doc takes an overly sympathetic view to the cultists and does not show how aboslutely fucked they were from the beginning.
>I'll keep your thoughts in mind, thanks again for sharing. It doesn't make me any more inclined to own a gun where I live. But it helps me see some more understandable reasons why some people want them.
Actually I appreciate that. TBH, reading our comments again I feel the need to explain to you about how totally wrong the idea of "random (home) searches" are.
That's a violation of the 4th amendment in the US. A massive violation of due process.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/fourth_amendment
For that to be made possible do you understand that a kind of martial law would have to be declared over the whole country?
Also you should know too that the people who would be harassed in these circumstances would primarily be the poor and minorities, political enemies of the state (of whomever is in power), sex workers and immigrants.
Rich peoples/politicians mansions will never be searched.
You should also know that part of what lead to the rise of Nazism in Germany was a bloody massacre of communist/socialists that was associated with orders like these - random searches (read excuses to trash, steal, rape and abuse) of suspected communists in Berlin (for banned weapons). This lead to a massive protest, which lead to a massive massacre, which lead to radicalism spreading, which lead to the Nazis being popular.
>FTFY
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=FTFY
Double meaning actually. Sorry lol : ).
> Tell me when it actually happens.
https://www.amazon.com/Burning-Massacre-Destruction-Tulsa-Race/dp/0312302479
This is the book my daughter read in school.
Do you have example for a book published IN China that talk about the Tiananmen massacre? Maybe your friend can send the link