Thread by @astroehlein

Continuing @hrw’s work on US policing, race & reparations, my colleagues will be in #Tulsa to celebrate #Juneteenth & to support a local effort to shine a light on the #TulsaRaceMassacre.

If you’re watching Tulsa this weekend, let this history guide you

If you would like to understand more about the #TulsaRaceMassacre - and why it’s so important today - here’s a thread for you...

https://twitter.com/astroehlein/status/1269969616878665735

“Renewed impetus has also come from Human Rights Watch which has added its advocacy muscle to the campaign. The organization has released a 72-page report that argues that reparations for the #TulsaRaceMassacre is a matter of international human rights.”
theguardian.com/us-news/2020/j…

A Twitter Moment on the history of #Juneteenth in the United States and this year's celebrations, as well as the history of the #TulsaRaceMassacre bit.ly/37GbRM6

My US colleagues have the day off for #Juneteenth, but of course, some will be working in #Tulsa today & throughout the weekend.

Follow @dreisenheath @ida_sawyer @brian_root @gerrychronicles @JRaphling @MichaelARPage.

Black people were enslaved & exploited, and continue to be marginalized & disregarded. If US doesn't address accumulated effects of historical & present harm, "it risks carrying slavery's legacy forward, causing new harm into the future." @NicoleAustinHil
hrw.org/news/2020/06/1…

Nearly 100 years after one of America's worst racial massacres, #Tulsa remains highly segregated, with black residents living in poverty at much higher rates than white people, suffering worse health, shorter lives, higher crime & aggressive policing hrw.org/news/2019/09/1…

This short US history lesson from @eji_org is exceptionally good.

I can tell you, growing up in New Jersey in the 1970s & 80s, we were taught very little of this.
#Juneteenth2020

Human Rights Watch on the ground in #Tulsa...
#JUNETEENTH2020

https://twitter.com/brian_root/status/1273701802786111488

Good look at the #TulsaRaceMassacre here from BBC News (warning: some disturbing images)

"A lot has changed in this country since 1921, but two facts remain the same: The sin of racism and the idolatry of white supremacy is still America’s number one problem…" - Robert R.A. Turner is pastor of Historic Vernon Chapel A.M.E. Church in #Tulsa.
google.be/amp/s/www.wash…

“Black Tulsans, With a Defiant #Juneteenth Celebration, Send a Message to Trump” - NY Times
nytimes.com/2020/06/19/us/…

America could learn from #Tulsa’s history this long weekend, or double down on denial...

#BlackLivesMatter
(photo via @TGuilloryNews)

#TulsaRaceMassacre

https://twitter.com/brian_root/status/1274054990483595264?s=21

https://t.co/aCQdLyO4Lc

Rare footage of "Black Wall Street" before the #TulsaRaceMassacre.

Read about the push for reparations: hrw.org/news/2020/05/2…
#Juneteenth
#HR40

My awesome colleague @dreisenheath sharing her personal story in #Tulsa yesterday...

https://twitter.com/ida_sawyer/status/1274135256275324929?s=21

https://t.co/lkF8nqO5UH

No black American was ever compensated for their losses.

No white American was ever charged.

Most of the estimated 300 bodies have yet to be recovered.

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Good piece on the #TulsaRaceMassacre and its impacts today, by @oliverlaughland:
theguardian.com/us-news/2020/j…

You see some ignorant people today saying that taking down a statue glorifying a mass murderer is somehow “erasing history”.

But you know what’s really erasing history? Those same people refusing to face a mass murder.
#TulsaRaceMassacre #Tulsa