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OK, history Twitter - I need your help. In addition to a) lynchings b) the 1921 Tulsa riot, what are 8 (or so) other things that we should have learned about race in America in school, but didn't? Hopefully my Sunday column (cc: @KevinMKruse )
@KevinMKruse Coming from Philadelphia, I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone post this -- whites in Philly striking to shut down transit at the height of World War II production to prevent blacks from getting decent jobs as mechanics, etc. hiddencityphila.org/2014/08/an-ann…
@KevinMKruse Thank you so much everyone for making this such a meaningful column to write -- you all helped me so much with this. Tell me what you think! inquirer.com/opinion/1921-t…
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After having spent the last 15yrs researching the violent history of lynchings in America...Im still not recovered from POTUS tweet yesterday

However, I will say this: it is dangerous. Fraudulent fears of violence against whites were often used to *support* #lynchings of AfAms
Lynchings... of African Americans, Mexicans, Indigenous, Chinese, Italians etc were always about POWER. Mostly the intersection of: race power/white supremacy and economic power/capitalism.

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