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[–] cynetri@midwest.social 89 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The Tulsa Race Massacre beats it by a few months, May 31st to June 1st. It leveled around 35 blocks of a wealthy black community, partly using firebombs dropped from planes, which was known up until that point as "Black Wall Street". A 2001 commission put the death count somewhere between 150-300 deaths, and noted that the city aided in the massacre.

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[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

It's also very accurately and devastatingly depicted in HBO's "Watchmen"

[–] Enigma@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Side note: Greenwood was planned by Booker T Washington. There are actually several Greenwood districts throughout the south.

[–] Lurker@lemmy.zip 58 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Huh I wonder why we don't learn that in school. /s

[–] Zirconium@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Don't wanna give you any ideas that there were violent protests in the United States since it's inception

[–] MostlyBirds@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

Or that meaningful labor rights can only be gained successfully through violent protest.

[–] verbalbotanics@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Or don't teach your students working class history. Don't want to give them any ideas make them think that going on strike is cool

[–] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They actually did teach me about that stuff in school. It was in the textbooks and everything. I don't believe the Battle of Blair Mountain was specifically mentioned, but there was plenty said about slavery, organized labor, civil rights, and so forth. I interpreted it as a celebration of our forefathers' victories over their oppressors, and a cautionary tale of what oppression looks like, so that we will never allow it to be repeated.

And now, here we are, allowing it to be repeated.

The content of educational materials is not the problem. Not the materials I was exposed to, at least. The problem I see is that most people don't think too hard about what happened and don't try to imagine themselves in the shoes of the oppressed. Even when I press people to think this through, they stubbornly refuse, often saying flat-out that they don't care. I doubt any teacher or textbook can fix that.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago
[–] kibiz0r@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

iheart.com doesn't seem to work outside of the US. Here's their YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWvVdjmBhHc

[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Knew this bot was coming, hence why I didn't change my link :o)

Also it's their official channel, so if you did want to support them with Google advertising, at least it would go to the source.

[–] typo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Well if we're being like that screw youtube and google still, but screw iheart even more

[–] GolGolarion@pathfinder.social 9 points 2 years ago
[–] Tramdan@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Cool bug fact is

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] newtraditionalists@beehaw.org 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When people ask for source, it's usually in response to a fringe claim that is not well documented. This is not that. It has been well documented and discussed in the last 5 to 10 years and there are plenty of sources available with a little bit of searching. I have a hard time believing you are asking in good faith.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Most likely they are asking in good faith, they just aren't familiar with it because they live on another continent, and they're asking because people here might know a particularly good source that's better than whatever they get in an online search.

But yeah, in this case, an online search would likely come up with plenty of good enough accounts.

@bleistift2@feddit.de I think that Behind the Bastards podcast would be a good source, however the link above doesn't work for me. Here's their YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWvVdjmBhHc

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[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

I did, in fact, not ask in good faith. I asked because I believe it is the responsibility of whomever posts information online to provide a reliable source. The burden of fact-checking should not be dumped on whoever reads it, because most people won’t bother and take everything posted as a meme for granted.

[–] mohKohn@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

come on dude, there are better and worse descriptions of everything. Providing sources should just be routine.

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