The aversion to making amends for systemic racism is perhaps most evident in my hometown of Tulsa, Okla., which last week commemorated the 99th anniversary of the Greenwood massacre.
On May 31, 1921, thousands of white Tulsans, 2,000 of whom were deputized by the police, stormed the Greenwood neighborhood, a community known as “Black Wall Street.”
About 35 square blocks, including 1,200 homes and scores of businesses, were destroyed.
Nearly 100 years later, Tulsa is still suffering from the legacy of that violence and racism.
For the African American community, the Greenwood massacre isn’t just history — it is felt to this day.
