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 The widening racial wealth gap in the United States is a troubling sign that millions of families are not equipped to offer better opportunities for future generations. Wealth allows families to make investments in homes, in education, in their own health, in businesses, and in other assets that create financial security for families and prosperity for entire communities.Â
The Institute for Race and Political Economy at The New School and the Justice for Greenwood Foundation, Inc. invite you to a live event and timely revelation of data on the widening racial wealth gap in Tulsa, Oklahoma - site of one of the deadliest acts of domestic terrorism on U.S. soil - the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
Before that day in 1921, hundreds of thriving Black-owned businesses and organizations lined the streets of Tulsa’s celebrated Greenwood district. Among them were regionally celebrated destinations like the upscale Stratford Hotel, the state-of-the-art Williams Dreamland Theater, and the first American Black-owned newspaper with a weekly national circulation, The Tulsa Star. In a matter of hours, an angry White mob slaughtered, maimed, and terrorized hundreds of Greenwood's residents and burned nearly 40 square blocks of homes and businesses to the ground.
What is the state of the racial wealth gap today, 100 years later? How do chronic and ongoing racist policies and politics enrich White Tulsans at the expense of Black wealth, opportunity, and well-being?
Join us for a lively and historic community event commemorating 100 years since the destruction of Greenwood and featuring expert researchers presenting new data and analysis prepared specifically to account for and explain Tulsa's racial wealth gap.
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This event will feature findings from the upcoming report: The Color of Wealth in Tulsa, Oklahoma, written by Ofronama Biu, Grieve Chelwa, Christopher Famighetti, Kate Richey, Damario Solomon-Simmons, and Darrick Hamilton.Â
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Download the The Color of Wealth: The Destruction of Greenwood and Tulsa's Legacy of Loss: Advance Executive Summary here.
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Presented by The Institute on Race and Political Economy and the Justice for Greenwood Foundation.
Wes Moore is the CEO of Robin Hood, one of the largest anti-poverty forces in the nation. Wes is also a bestselling author, a combat veteran, and a social entrepreneur.
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Marc H. Morial is the President and CEO of the National Urban League. Marc also served as Mayor of New Orleans from 1994 to 2002.
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Damario Solomon-Simmons is a Tulsa-based civil and human rights attorney. He recently filed a lawsuit against the City of Tulsa seeking reparations for the destruction Greenwood.
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Ofronama Biu is a Research Affiliate at the Institute on Race and Political Economy at The New School.
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Karen Hunter is the host of the Karen Hunter Show. She is also a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and the founder of Knarrative.
Darrick Hamilton is a university professor, the Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, and the founding director of the Institute on Race and Political Economy at The New School.
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