Or bulldoze the middle of it for a freeway, which is what happened to MLK’s neighborhood (a.k.a. “the richest Negro street in the world”) here in Atlanta.
I figured that’s what Aeao was referencing to begin with, considering that he wrote “blow it up” and I don’t think he was being figurative.
Frankly, even though we’re citing both of them as examples of black wealth being suppressed for the purpose of this discussion, I would struggle to call Tulsa and Atlanta “the same” because the tactics were so much more brutal in the former (firebombing and mass-murder vs. eminent domain).
I brought up Sweet Auburn because it was a particularly rich Black neighborhood and therefore an example supporting the point about what happened after “white people would get envious,” specifically.
If we’re just talking about historical Black neighborhoods that were razed for public works projects, I could cite plenty more examples just in Atlanta alone (Lightning, Butttermilk Bottom, etc.) 'cause pushing out poor Black people like that happened all the time (and in fact still does, albeit somewhat less blatantly).
Or bulldoze the middle of it for a freeway, which is what happened to MLK’s neighborhood (a.k.a. “the richest Negro street in the world”) here in Atlanta.
They did the same in Tulsa’s Greenwood district
I figured that’s what Aeao was referencing to begin with, considering that he wrote “blow it up” and I don’t think he was being figurative.
Frankly, even though we’re citing both of them as examples of black wealth being suppressed for the purpose of this discussion, I would struggle to call Tulsa and Atlanta “the same” because the tactics were so much more brutal in the former (firebombing and mass-murder vs. eminent domain).
I get them all mixed up. It’s happened a lot I different ways. But yeas they blew one the fuck up.
And yeah it’s hard to rank “bad” blown up and killed is worse. It is all bad tho, they other time they would’ve used a bomb if they needed to.
Yep :(
Segregation was illegal but building a freeway, or in many cases a railroads in-between the colored, and the white park of town was somehow legal.
People are fucked.
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I brought up Sweet Auburn because it was a particularly rich Black neighborhood and therefore an example supporting the point about what happened after “white people would get envious,” specifically.
If we’re just talking about historical Black neighborhoods that were razed for public works projects, I could cite plenty more examples just in Atlanta alone (Lightning, Butttermilk Bottom, etc.) 'cause pushing out poor Black people like that happened all the time (and in fact still does, albeit somewhat less blatantly).
That’s so fucked up