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From Tulsa to Twitter

 I find it truly amazing how interruptions have always attempted to slow black folks down. Whether that be financial progression, life choices, or just going to the store to get skittles and a drink, interruptions happen that can set us back or take our lives. White folks have always spoke about pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps, which in itself is a fallacy because it’s an impossible task. Yet we are given this comical statement as some worthy motivation. It’s all shit. White folks are threatened by black successes. Even if that success is minimal and doesn’t flip the table, the sheer potential of that force is enough for our cau-cousins to lose their shit. Tulsa, 1921, was a travesty of white resentment and a repudiation of black joy. A repudiation that still exists today. Using the tools, albeit, scraps to benefit ourselves will garner regulation or elimination where as our colorless counterparts have the freedom to create, pillage, and make money unimpeded.  Today, Tw...