* President Biden slammed efforts to 'erase' the Tulsa Race Massacre from history
* 'My fellow Americans, this was not a riot. This was a massacre,' Biden said
* 'I come here to help fill the silence. Because in silence, wounds deepen. As painful as it is, only in remembrance do wounds heal,' he said
* Biden also dodged questions about whether there should be a presidential apology for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
* Biden didn't respond to shouted questions as he toured the Greenwood Cultural Center, examining an exhibit on the massacre
* Then he went to meet with three living survivors of the event
* The White House declined to say if Biden supported reparations for victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre
* Star-studded memorial scheduled for Monday was canceled over issue
* Karine Jean-Pierre didn't answer when asked Biden's thoughts on payments to survivors but reiterated his support for a study on reparations
* Memorial featuring Stacey Abrams and John Legend was called off
* Three remaining survivors of massacre demanded $1 million each to appear
* In Tulsa, Biden to speak on building black wealth and narrowing income gap
* He will mark 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre
* He is first president to mark the Tulsa Race Massacre and will meet survivors
President Joe Biden on Tuesday slammed efforts to 'erase' the Tulsa Race Massacre from history and, in a passionate speech, made a plea for racial income equality and improved voting rights.
Biden was in Tulsa to mark the 100th anniversary of the Black Wall Street Massacre, when white rioters killed African Americans and looted businesses in the prosperous black neighborhood of Greenwood in 1921.
'My fellow Americans, this was not a riot. This was a massacre,' Biden said after meeting with the three living survivors of that event.
'Among the worst in our history but not the only one. And, for too long, forgotten by our history.'
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WNU Editor: It is quite remarkable that he is the first President to mark the Tulsa Race Massacre. As for his speech, his supporters (if social media is any indication), are all saying that his speech today was a "home-round".
I am not too sure about that.
He lost me when he said "According to the intelligence community, terrorism from white supremacy is the most lethal threat to the homeland today." (link here).
And then I said to myself .... did he just say that .... "...young black entrepreneurs are just as capable of succeeding given the chance as white entrepreneurs are, but they don't have lawyers, they don't have accountants..." (link here).
And what is this about saying that private planes bombed the black residents of Tulsa, the first only aerial bombardment of an American city in its history (15:05 mark in the above video). I guess his speechwriters forgot about 9/11.
There were a lot of incoherent moments in his speech. A lot of lecturing and yelling. A lot of politics. There were times in his speech that made me wonder if he was purposely trying to raise racial tensions and hatred.
There was definitely no commitment to find common ground or healing in today's remembrance.
He is clearly not up to making public speeches, especially at important moments like this one. And his cognitive capabilities are clearly getting worse.
But according to the press and his supporters .... his speech was a home-run.
I love history and have always been amazed that such a significant event was somewhat invisible. I did find the story a few years back for the first time. What the left will not say is, but for the blacks taking advantage of their gun rights, the slaughter would have been much worse. As it were, a more than a few of the white "rioters" (sarc on), assumed room temperature. You know, they wouldn't want the black liberals to understand just how important the 2nd amendment is.
ReplyDeleteEverybody who falls in line behind the democrats are like sheep being coaxed onto the slaughter house truck.
Ron
One thing is a reminder, an other one is to create a rift between American's. I am not sure that this kind of speech is really appeasing. Emboldening left extremist and strong reaction of the right one....This administration is completely irresponsible.
ReplyDelete"There were times in his speech that made me wonder if he was purposely trying to raise racial tensions and hatred."
ReplyDeleteOf course he was. That is what Democrats do.
Tulsa was bad. Everyone knows it. People do not like to look at it; they are embarrassed and chagrinned. Just because they do not want to look upon it does not mean they want to emulate it in anyway.
ReplyDeleteThe OK Corral was bad. One or both sides were doing wrong. But it just does not embarrass us or make us feel bad like Tulsa. So we are able to make movies about it. People will make movies or documentaries about Tulsa. It is a given. Many of those film makers are out and out racist.
Psychologists have measured "racism" in babies. They found a 5% degree of favoritism. That is almost the tail of a normal curve. Meaning if they are off in the calculation or measurements, they really had a null hypothesis being true. They also found that if the babies were treated well, they do not care what color you were.
Figure there are over a hundred thousand interracial marriages a year and have been for decades. Hardly a racist nation. Figure that even, if the person did not marry a black person, the are sensitive to anti black racism. It is not a given, but there will be some of that or a lot of it. They will figure if you are racist against blacks, you may be racists against Hispanics, Asians, or Indians. Point is even if they do not have black relatives, they will most likely not take kindly to racism against blacks.
Point is that this is not a racist nation. You can find racists sure, but they very clear minority.
Democrat zealots and grifters have to be careful. They are not, but they should be. Their machinations are stoking anger and hatred. They are creating what they claim they are trying to stop. Some of them know this, but the paydays are good and it is easier work for the renumeration than honest work.