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Some notes on Black America

A conversation about race in America, past and present—a discussion that somehow always stays the same 

G. Marshall-Brooks shares a complex discussion with one of her friends about "Being Black in America." She believes Civil Rights laws changed the meaning of freedom for everyone in this country, including White people. "I’m definitely not giving a free pass to anyone, whether they were or are actively involved in the oppression of any people or group, or have just stood by and watched. But I am positing the thought that bigotry and hatred have all people and groups in America restricted and restrained."

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Olivia
July 9, 2026
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The Reality of Reparations

U.S. moves closer to compensating Black people for generations of racism

The U.S. is getting closer to compensating Black people for enduring slavery and generations of blatantly oppressive laws, policies and unfair practices. Writer Kim Whiting points out that even a change in a street name can be a subtle yet destructive racist act that makes the seemingly always-controversial subject of reparations even heavier and more complex.

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Kim Whiting
March 22, 2022
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Black Wall Street

Unearthing the horrifying truth about Oklahoma's racist massacre of 1921

Ninety-nine years ago a mob of White people declared war on "Black Wall Street" in Tulsa, Oklahoma and left its 34 blocks in ashes. At the time, 36 deaths were reported, but historians now put that number closer to 300. Tulsa resident Kim Whiting details the horrifying history of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, and its lasting impact.

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Kim Whiting
June 18, 2020
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