5/28/21 The Tulsa Massacre Centennial Could See Another Race Riot

White supremacists can't pass up an opportunity to piss people off -- so suggests the Department of Homeland Security. The DHS is warning all parties that Monday's commemoration of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 is likely going to draw in this particular species of jackass. We'd be perfectly happy with not hearing anything about them.

In 1921, the Black area of Tulsa called Greenwood was thriving economically, a true center of Black success with a big future. Plenty of White people in Tulsa couldn't stand it. They'd been bitten by a venomous snake called racism, which, along with resentment, led them to destroy the entire community overnight.

On the night of May 31 and morning of June 1, White crowds murdered any Black person in their line of sight and tore down or burned down Black homes and businesses.

Last week, the oldest living survivor of the massacre, Viola Fletcher, spoke to Congress: “I will never forget the violence of the white mob when we left our home,” she testified. “I still see Black men being shot, Black bodies lining the street. I still smell smoke and see fire. I still see Black businesses being burned. I still hear airplanes flying overhead. I hear the screams.”

Fletcher said that she relives it every day -- and that her education ended in fourth grade because of the massacre. Fletcher and other living survivors are suing Tulsa and Oklahoma, seeking reparations.

Stacy Adams of Georgia will speak at a Monday event called Remember & Rise, where John Legend and other singers will perform.

On June 1, President Joe Biden will speak in Tulsa. Chances are he'll announce a grand gesture, like building a monument.

With all those white supremacists wandering around with their chests puffed out, here's hoping the Secret Service can keep up the good work.

What would be a good way for Joe Biden to commemorate the massacre? A statue, a federal monument, a learning center...?

How should the city and DHS handle white supremacists who come to the event?

What's the most important part of this centennial event? The commemoration itself? The size of the (friendly) crowd? The possibility of a commission being formed to consider reparations?

Could any speech at this event rival those of the Civil Rights era? https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/555875-homeland-security-warns-tulsa-events-could-be-targeted-by-white?rl=1&fbclid=IwAR0Ox0c8Z0eHApzk2ENq6jxeMa7WBWLUqNubNUs-kkG8tfutKSPtgT2Yruc