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Organizer @ OK Policy | Writer | Fmr editor @ Black Wall St. Times. | Podcast Host | Opinions my own | Independent & biased for Democracy. 🏳️🌈
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On May 10, 2024, Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Ford Fletcher turns 110 years old. On April 2, 2024, she attended an Oklahoma Supreme Court hearing in the reparations case for the last 2 know living survivors.
If the High Court rules in their favor, the case goes to trial.
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Days after dismissing the Tulsa Race Massacre lawsuit, and after we covered her Twitter ties to far right figures, Judge Caroline Wall appears to have deleted her account.
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Just finished an interview w/ a Black teacher who was fired from Bixby 9th Grade Center after she pushed back against students who repeatedly said the n-word. She alleges she was accused of not being "neutral" toward racism and fired. Will have more details soon.
#oklaed
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Same school, 67 years apart. This is how racism transforms to fit the times. On the left: Central High School students and teacher in Little Rock sue over a ban on Black history in 2024. On the right: the first Black students enter a desegregated Central High School in 1957.
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I hope y’all are paying attention to Oklahoma because this is ground zero for attempts to dismantle the U.S. Constitution and turn the nation into a theocracy ruled by hypocrites.
~Oklahoma House Bill Proposes Ten Commandments in Classrooms~
Rep. Jim Olsen, who previously compared abortion to chattel slavery, says he hopes placing the Ten Commandments in every classroom will inspire young people to lead moral lives.
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When I reached out to
@RyanWaltersSupt
office asking for his response to criticisms of the Prager U partnership, his communications director
@DanIsett
told me Black Wall Street Times reporters are now banned from interview requests.
#OklaEd
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State Rep.
@MickeyDollens
has filed the “Do Your Job Act.”
If passed, it would tie
@RyanWaltersSupt
's pay to his performance outcomes on grant applications and other metrics.
READ:
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A candlelight vigil has been organized for Nex Benedict, a nonbinary Owasso Schools student who died after a bathroom beating as political leaders encourage a climate of fear, hate and violence against 2SLGBTQIA+ Oklahomans.
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My imposter syndrome is finally fading. Today I feel like a real journalist. Got to ask U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg a relevant question about Black Wall Street...in person!
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Friendly reminder: Tulsa judge Caroline Wall, who dismissed the 1921 Race Massacre lawsuit, deleted her X account a few days after I published a report showing algorithmic ties to Neo-confederate groups on her profile.
I’ll have an update next week.
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Ida B. Wells, an NAACP co-founder and journalist who reported on lynchings, would be smiling to see journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones meeting a matriarch who survived a mass lynching.
“Mother” Fletcher’s case for reparations awaits a decision from the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
A truly powerful moment in my journey was getting to meet Ms. Viola Fletcher, radiant at 109, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. As we held each other's books, I felt the power and gravity of the moment: They want to hide a history that we are still living.
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Tulsa's only Black-owned bookstore,
@fultonstreet918
, held a ribbon cutting Friday to celebrate its move to Black Wall Street in Historic Greenwood District.
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A 1920s Klan roster from the University of Tulsa shows judges, police chiefs, mayors, doctors, fire chiefs, superintendents, insurance agents + more as documented, proud KKK members. The same entities that perpetrated the race massacre are setting the timetable for justice today.
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As the
@cityoftulsagov
continues to defend itself against a lawsuit seeking restitution for the century-old crime, Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Hughes Van Ellis turned 102 years old on Wednesday, January 11.
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An ex-Guthrie, Oklahoma, city councilor was found guilty of killing his Black employee & dumping his body down a septic tank.
McCurtain County Sheriff and others discussing killing journalists and lynching Black people.
But y'all still think we talk about racism too much. GTFOH
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It's wild how conservative Christians in Oklahoma act like they're being persecuted when they literally dominate every aspect of Oklahoma society from politics to education to business. Make it make sense.
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When
@GovStitt
says "liberal activists" want to "challenge our way of life" who do you think he's referring to when he says "our?" Does he not realize that Oklahoma is full of diverse cultures and diverse ideologies?
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To tell 110 & 109 year old survivors, their descendants and a community that the city’s own mayor acknowledged remains damaged as a result of the massacre, that they can’t even get a chance at a fair trial, is utterly unfathomable and yet completely on brand for this state.
Oklahoma Supreme Court has dismissed the Tulsa Race Massacre case 8-1.
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We’re outside Owasso High School in Oklahoma as counter-protesters in support of LGBTQ+ students prepare for the arrival of hate group Westboro Baptist Church.
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If Ryan Walters gets the state school board to further downgrade Tulsa Public Schools' accreditation, the district with the most Black students in the state, I'm wondering if that qualifies for a federal discrimination lawsuit?
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Tulsa Race Massacre survivor "mother" Lessie Benningfield Randle turned 109 with the taste of barbecue and sweet potato pie on her tongue Friday, but she believes justice would be sweeter.
(Courtesy of Dr.
@TiffanyCrutcher
)
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It's time we as a society abandon the term “dog whistle” and just call a spade a spade. People, and journalists especially, need to stop being afraid to say the word “racist” when it's clear as day.
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At 109 years old, Tulsa Race Massacre survivor "Mother" Viola Ford Fletcher is the oldest person in the world to release a memoir.
Her book is titled "Don't Let Them Bury My Story."
#justiceforGreenwood
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The man behind the PragerU propaganda that
@RyanWaltersSupt
is pushing.
"The left has made it impossible to say the n-word any longer. That's disgusting, it's a farce. It's the only word that you can't say in the English language," Prager said.
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The Tulsa Police Department Bomb Squad arrested a man Wednesday night after finding more than 20 explosive devices in a car parked less than two miles from Black Wall Street.
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~Rep. Regina Goodwin launches run for Oklahoma Senate seat~
The descendant of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, and unapologetic fighter for justice, seeks to represent Greenwood in the state Senate.
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JUST IN: Legal team for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors will file a petition for rehearing with the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
“Faithful application of the law compels the conclusion that Mother Randle & Mother Fletcher have stated a claim for relief. They are entitled to a trial.”
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Residents hug Dr. Ebony Johnson after the Tulsa Public Schools Board votes to make her permanent Superintendent, defying threats from
@RyanWaltersSupt
.
Tulsans stood up to fascism and now we have a permanent Superintendent. Proud of this community.
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No wonder police and OK County Sheriff have refused to provide details. No wonder the officers involved were sent home without having to give an interview for days. Another pending lawsuit funded by taxpayers instead of police pensions.
‘HIS HANDS WERE UP’: This is Demetrize Carter, the man shot by an off-duty officer at last Friday’s deadly shooting at Choctaw High School.
The bullet is still lodged in his chest and it’s still too difficult to speak but he wants you to see his life-altering injuries.
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I’m outside Lawton City Hall where Westwin Resistance, a group of Native American and Lawton citizens are preparing to hold a rally opposing construction of the nation’s first cobalt refinery which sits on the ancestral land of several Indigenous nations. 🧵
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BREAKING: Oklahoma Supreme Court agrees to hear oral arguments from Tulsa Race Massacre survivors in their appeal for reparations on April 2, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.
“We appreciate the Oklahoma Supreme Court's swift attention to our case following an unlawful dismissal.”
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Our summer intern Midori wrote an excellent article about her history, background and political views.
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When you consider how Oklahoma public schools are now majority non-White it makes sense why conservative “leaders” continue to attack it and seek to divest funds to private schools. They don’t view publish school kids as theirs to serve.
#oklaed
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It’s only Wednesday, but I’ve already gotten story tips about a racist Karen attacking a Little Caesar’s employee because they ran out of crazy bread, a potential anti-Asian hate crime, and a public school principal calling a student the n-word.
All in Oklahoma.
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Today is the 109th birthday of Tulsa Race Masacre survivor Viola Ford Fletcher. It’s also the day the city of Tulsa makes a 4th attempt to dismiss the Massacre lawsuit in court. I'll be covering the court hearing today.
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Just wrapped an interview with a buyer of properties who claims one of Tulsa's largest multi-family appraisers has been redlining (undervaluing) properties in North Tulsa for years.
Many investors are afraid to speak publicly out of fear of being blacklisted.
I'm on the case.
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Entering Sallisaw, Oklahoma to cover a court hearing involving a Black man facing charges for an alleged drug trafficking crime that a white woman already confessed to 5 years ago.
Also speaking to a local bizz owner who can tell me more about rumors that it’s a Sundown town.
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It's really difficult to be "neutral" as a Black journalist in Oklahoma when most elected officials are demonizing diversity while slow-walking the removal of a racist, violent sheriff. This is the new Jim Crow.
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Friendly reminder that Oklahoma House
@SpeakerMcCall
can stop
@RyanWaltersSupt
at any time with an impeachment inquiry. If bomb threats weren’t enough, I’m not sure what will be.
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@marwilliamson
@shaunking
You just lost any interest I had left in your campaign. It's hypocritical to stand for justice here and ignore injustice abroad.
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Oklahoma underfunded HBCU Langston Univ by $418million over 30 years in violation of federal law.
That amounts to just under $14million per year stolen from the institution.
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The same man who soared to fame on rapping F*ck the Police somehow thinks courting a white nationalist who laughs at police murders of Black men is helping Black America? I don’t care if Ice Cube was giving a PhD dissertation. Who you associate with matters.
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Tulsa Mayor
@gtbynum
has said he doesn't believe
#reparations
to the last living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre should come out of taxpayer funds. I've never once heard him complain about
@TulsaPolice
misconduct lawsuits being paid out of taxpayer funds.
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@MsPackyetti
Oklahoma's largest newspaper asking readers if Massacre survivors deserve justice.
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All of us journalists in Oklahoma need to start looking into these missing persons cases in Southeast Okla in light of the McCurtain County officials caught on hot mic.
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I know some journalists don't care or are secretly laughing at us being banned. But to those who do support us, and especially to those of you who've reached out to me with encouragement, I greatly appreciate you.
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The
#Montgomery
riverboat racial brawl is a significant moment in U.S. history:
Enslaved Africans were forced to dock there on their way to being sold.
People were lynched there for simply displeasing yts.
Instead of images of Black pain, millions witnessed Black resistance.
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“Make no mistake, the veto has nothing to do with what is good for Oklahoma. It is clear Governor Stitt saw another governor pick a fight with Mickey Mouse so now he’s doing his best to keep pace by sticking it to Big Bird," Rep.
@Monichols
said.
#okleg
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A week after Stitt endorsed Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis for President, his delay in requesting federal assistance from Democratic President Joe Biden has led some to question whether it's a political calculation.
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So the
@tulsaworld
endorsed James Lankford for re-election to the Senate AFTER he tried to delay certifying the 2020 election, but they can���t endorse reparations for the three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre? Interesting.
Good morning.
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Oklahoma Republicans: if you don't like our values you don't have to live here.
Volkswagen: Bet.
#okleg
#oklaed
@OKHouseGOP
@officialOKGOP
@GovStitt
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Pretty sure the U.S. has a Constitution that enshrines the freedom of the press. If you don't like it, maybe you should move to another country. Like, maybe Iran or North Korea.
@indepthwithDeon
@PaytonGlen
@RyanWaltersSupt
@DanIsett
Pretty sure Oklahoma is a conservative state. If you don’t like it, maybe you should cover another state. Like, maybe New York or California.
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During my freshman at OU a white friend told me he felt marginalized because there were a few more posters of Black faces across campus than white faces.
…Even though the campus population was over 80% white and less than 5% Black.
This is what’s happening nationally.
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Statement from
@VP
Harris on Border deal led by Oklahoma U.S. Senator
@SenatorLankford
.
“This agreement on border security and immigration does not include everything we have fought for…but it shows we can make the border more secure while preserving legal immigration…”
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Pioneering Black Oklahoma educator Dr. Frederick Douglass (F.D.) Moon was so influential that a school is named after him, but his legacy was vandalized on Thursday by State Superintendent
@RyanWaltersSupt
.
#oklaed
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Oklahoma has a law in which if you post a video of police and a prosecutor believes you had “threatening intent” you can be prosecuted. Yet our
@Okla_OAG
decided a sheriff plotting to kill journalists is free speech.
Good morning.
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In Jan. 2023, 69 gang members of the Aryan Brotherhood in Oklahoma were convicted of trafficking meth, especially through the prisons, on top of beating Black prisoners and committing murders.
I've yet to hear Humphrey comment on that.
‼️Rep. JJ Humphrey filed a bill saying anyone with “Hispanic descent” who is part of gang and commits a gang-related crime should be deemed a terrorist. I’ll be talking to him to hear why only one racial group is singled out tonight at 5.
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With a ribbon-cutting scheduled for the same day as the anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, May 31, Fixins Soul Kitchen will be one of the largest Black-owned restaurants in the state of Oklahoma.
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The recording's release comes amidst a state known as the deadliest for police killings and for underreported killings of civilians by police, according to a peer-reviewed study from the Lancet.
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Black motorists should be careful about driving through Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, specifically the area on I-40 near Sallisaw. The stories I'm hearing about Oklahoma Highway Patrol pulling over Black drivers is alarming.
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I called
@DanIsett
to see if we are still able to receive press releases. He gave me an ultimatum saying he wouldn't say until he talks to my editor in chief. He said he's “hurt” by the negative comments and I said I idgaf when we have kids scared to go to school.
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I've gone 30 years without an interview with
@RyanWaltersSupt
. It's not hurting my feelings to be banned. But it IS hurting our readers who seek to hold their leaders accountable. The decision to ban
@TheBWSTimes
from interview requests is anti-democratic and racially biased.
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I criticize but I also give credit where credit is due.
@tulsaworld
is one of the few that has been calling for Walters resignation for months. What’s happening in Tulsa is just the beginning.
It’s time for media outlets to call for impeachment in your editorials.
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Speaking on background, a close friend of the targeted librarian told me she’s being put in an impossible position to either resign and protect students or stay and risk genuine harm to them.
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If former Okla. Gov. Mary Fallin was able to halt capital punishment moments before a planned execution, with no recommendation from the parole board, then so can
@GovStitt
.
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The boys are back in town.
@MikeCreef
and I have attended nearly every single court hearing on the Tulsa Race Massacre since 2021. Today we’re attending what could be their last chance at justice in front of the OK Supreme Court.
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I moved to Oklahoma at 11 years old, completely shocked at the kindness of random strangers. That’s not a thing up north.
Some of the best people I’ve ever met live in Oklahoma. It’s a shame state leaders reflect the exact opposite of that.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court has dismissed the Tulsa Race Massacre case 8-1.
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For some strange reason, when you go on
@realJudgeWall
Twitter page, one of the follow suggestions is a literal Confederate group. Now why would a judge who dismissed the Tulsa Race Massacre lawsuit have this in the algorithm?
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The attorneys representing the survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre will hold a press conference on Monday in OKC announcing the filing of an appeal to the Oklahoma Supreme Court after Tulsa County District Judge Caroline Wall dismissed the historic lawsuit.
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Aye
@reesejgorman
this is not news. She is Palestinian American. Did that change over the weekend? Also, Hamas does not equal Palestinian people. This is lowkey racist targeting for clicks. You definitely belong at the Washington Examiner.
New: Rep. Rashida Tlaib still has a Palestinian flag hanging outside her House Office amid Hamas’ invasion of Israel.
Story:
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Tulsans stood up to fascism and now we have a permanent Superintendent. Proud of this community.
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The historic ruling marks the first time in 101 years that an Oklahoma judge has ruled survivors of the Massacre may proceed to the discovery phase of a trial.
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In that call I had a conscious decision to make. Stay quiet and let him talk to me like I'm a child. Or speak up. I'm not one of these journalists willing to beg for access. Idk how ppl act in Texas but you will not disrespect this Oklahoman.
I called
@DanIsett
to see if we are still able to receive press releases. He gave me an ultimatum saying he wouldn't say until he talks to my editor in chief. He said he's “hurt” by the negative comments and I said I idgaf when we have kids scared to go to school.
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I just doubled check with
@OSBI_OK
. Ryan Walters LIED. They are not investigating the school bomb threats in Tulsa.
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Every major Oklahoma newspaper should be drafting an editorial disavowing this right now.
State Superintendent Ryan Walters answers, “How does the Tulsa Race Massacre not fall under your definition of CRT?”
He was asked 3 times by this point but the entire video is too long to share.
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A reporter in Oklahoma, home to the second largest concentration of Indigenous people in the nation, should know better than to jokingly say “Colonization’s never great, but they did bring French bread.”
Insulting two groups at once. Do better.
So,
@news9
sent Caryn “Sassy Momma” Ross to Rivière Modern Bánh Mì to celebrate “Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.” What could go wrong with that?
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The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has finally approved my request to interview Julius Jones in prison. Look at God! Thank you again to everyone who raised their voices.
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My HS AP U.S. History teacher told our class in 2010 that “slavery wasn’t that bad” because her great whatever’s treated their enslaved persons well. It made me extremely uncomfortable. Would that be a violation of HB 1775 if uttered today?
@GovStitt
@sec_walters
@CarlyAtch
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We don’t talk enough about how amazing Oklahoma could be if politicians get out of their own way and more people participate in the democratic process.
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In an interview with The Black Wall Street Times on Thursday, Abdalla expressed outrage at the decision and accused the city of never intending to allow one of the largest projects in Tulsa's history to go to a Black developer.
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I was a student on OU’s campus when it created the DEI office. The office was in direct response to racist students chanting “there will never be a n*gger in SAE.”
Y’all act like if you don’t see something yourselves it doesn’t exist.
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A man who lives in Texas and gets paid $100K to troll journalists and brainstorm ways to dismantle Oklahoma public education is only a “part-time” employee, according to Walters.
'He's the guy that pulls Ryan Walters' strings': Subpoena reveals highly-paid OSDE advisor has no formal employment contract
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Three cases of Oklahoma police officers who were charged for killing a child, an elderly person and a person in mental crisis are being dismissed. Oklahoma is the epicenter of state-sanctioned violence, & this Democratic district attorney is sending a message that it can continue
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
Oklahoma County DA Vicki Behenna says she has had discussions with each of the families. She described those as “awful.” There was an independent review of each case which took hundreds of hours.
@kfor
🧵
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It is entirely legal to seek asylum into this country. Period. If y’all really wanted to solve the issues that comes with immigration you wouldn’t be censuring a Republican for trying to work with Dems to get something done.
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Daniel Triplett, a former Guthrie city councilman and business owner, was sentenced to life in prison for killing his Black employee Brent Mack and burying his body.
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In a Fox News Op-Ed Oklahoma education Secretary Ryan
@sec_walters
calls things like slavery, Jim Crow, lynchings, “moments” in U.S. history…This country’s been a slave & Jim Crow nation longer than it’s been a free nation but conservatives wanna treat it like it’s a footnote.
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The counter-protesters far outnumber the Westboro protesters.
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Walters weaponizing the accreditation process for personal political battles again.
If woke school boards refuse to follow the law and protect our kids, I will.
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And that is what's most insidious about this. I sat in court rooms the last two years listening to
@cityoftulsagov
attorneys convince a judge to say fuck you to these survivors.
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PragerU, a right-wing propaganda series masquerading as an educational curriculum, depicts a cartoon version of Christopher Columbus teaching children that Indigenous people were savage cannibals.
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United States Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced legislation Thursday to designate Historic Greenwood District, home to the original Black Wall Street, as a national monument.
Read:
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The OSDE is the 2nd state entity to ban The Black Wall Street Times from interviews with its leaders. Weeks before the anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Governor Stitt's office told us he doesn't respond to "activists pretending to be journalists."
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Armed police are stationed outside the
@MuscogeeNation
Jenks Citizenship office as Black Creek descendants prepare to ask for their citizenship to be granted.
On Wednesday, Muscogee Creek Nation Judge Mouser ruled the nation must abide by the 1866 treaty.
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At least 75 racial terror lynchings by white mobs occurred in Oklahoma—the most of any non-Southern state.
Someone tell
@RyanWaltersSupt
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@RyanWaltersSupt
Your office can’t even file a grant on time and you’re bleeding employees. Get your own house in order. You picked the wrong community to mess with.
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Despite state leaders’ attempts to stifle critical discussions on race and society in the classroom, a new museum partnership exposes young students to the history of the Tulsa Race Massacre and the Oklahoma City bombing to educate against hate.
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