Tom Hanks wrote an opinion piece for the New York Times last year. In the piece, Hanks wrote about his studies and interest in American history, but never heard about the deadly attack on Black Wall Street.

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A lot of us were.

A lot of us are.

I know people raised in Oklahoma told me that they didn't even learn this in school. The entire city and state wouldn't even acknowledge this for a long time.

That's still happening today with school districts trying to control the message on what will be taught about race. That's why we can't leave it to schools alone to teach our kids.

Lol

American schools will never teach about this or any of the other massacres..,

you think that is bad, you have some people who think it wasn't real believe it or not

Smuggz said A lot of us were. A lot of us are.

That had nothing to do with you. The only thing affected is your ego.

He acting like him knowing that would've made a difference

Wyt people know about Jim crow, redlining and police brutality and done nothing

Why he look cgi and im not talking about the background

kamal1978 said He acting like him knowing that would've made a difference Wyt people know about Jim crow, redlining and police brutality and done nothing

They get off on their ignorance and being obtuse.

But why didn't Chet tell him? He supposed to be down and cool white boy.

Jason Weaver said They get off on their ignorance and being obtuse. But why didn't Chet tell him? He supposed to be down and cool white boy.

Tom Hanks usually distance himself from his son for acting black and now pretends to be angry for not knowing about black issues

It's just virtue signalling

He was probably too busy doing Hollywierd sh*t with Kevin spacey. Foh.

BrooklynDamien said He was probably too busy doing Hollywierd sh*t with Kevin spacey. Foh.

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eazyvaboy said I know people raised in Oklahoma told me that they didn't even learn this in school. The entire city and state wouldn't even acknowledge this for a long time. That's still happening today with school districts trying to control the message on what will be taught about race. That's why we can't leave it to schools alone to teach our kids.

Facts... I grew up in tulsa. "Oklahoma history" was a required class to graduate h.s. and it covered nothing bout the black Wallstreet massacre.

704 said Facts... I grew up in tulsa. "Oklahoma history" was a required class to graduate h.s. and it covered nothing bout the black Wallstreet massacre.

White folks nasty

My hometown is the home of last public hanging in America supposedly

The tree they put the dude on still standing at the courthouse

A dude who was teaching at Harvard came back n tried to lead a movement to have the tree removed

Them good ole boys ran his a*s back to Massachusetts

And the only way any of us ever heard about that sh*t when we was in school was from our Grandparents

Aceboogie0517 said White folks nasty My hometown is the home of last public hanging in America supposedly The tree they put the dude on still standing at the courthouse A dude who was teaching at Harvard came back n tried to lead a movement to have the tree removed Them good ole boys ran his a*s back to Massachusetts And the only way any of us ever heard about that sh*t when we was in school was from our Grandparents

Damn. That's powerful bruh. What is your hometown?

eazyvaboy said I know people raised in Oklahoma told me that they didn't even learn this in school. The entire city and state wouldn't even acknowledge this for a long time. That's still happening today with school districts trying to control the message on what will be taught about race. That's why we can't leave it to schools alone to teach our kids.

If they gave the actual time and effort to how much racism is entrenched in America throughout the years it wouldn't be much pushback on things like reparations which are owed. Holocaust vs American racism isn't close. America literally went out their way to save nazis. So I don't buy a lot of the sh*t they sell on them hating nazis. Til this day with all the tech they have they don't go after American terrorism the way they should.

eazyvaboy said Damn. That's powerful bruh. What is your hometown?

Marianna Florida

Claude Neal was the Guy that got k*lled

Some of y’all in here with the snide comments towards Hanks are examples of why it’s hard for some others to admit their ignorance and educate themselves about our ugly history. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t because you’ll still have people criticizing you.

Its wild how mad some people get when you bring up the tulsa massacre

This article could have came out today and you wouldnt even notice

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Then I remember when the public interest was rising about the subject and this man wanted to grift on it smh

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The only reason I knew about it, was because I went to an all-black school, and my history teacher made sure we know about things like this, but sadly, the school boards in the south are mostly run by people who would rather not talk about these atrocities. Many people first found out about it watching Watchmen & Lovecraft Country.

434ta3 said Why he look cgi and im not talking about the background

I noticed that too. Something looks off...

This is why they canceled Lovecraft country, it brought awareness to the sheeple who crack jokes about conspiracy theorist and only believe things mainstream sources show

eazyvaboy said Tom Hanks wrote an opinion piece for the New York Times last year. In the piece, Hanks wrote about his studies and interest in American history, but never heard about the deadly attack on Black Wall Street. view image

They mostly teach about the holocaust and world war 1 in public schools. The history books only mention USA in a positive way. I never heard about Black Wall-Street until I was an adult.