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Can reparations shrink the Black wealth gap in Tulsa?

2025/6/12
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Mitchell Hartman: 我在塔尔萨的报道始于一个让我震惊的发现:在格林伍德区,一个曾经被称为“美国黑人华尔街”的地方,我看到一幅壁画指向乱葬岗,那里埋葬着1921年塔尔萨种族大屠杀的无名受害者。这场大屠杀造成数百人死亡,数千人无家可归,摧毁了繁荣的黑人商业区。尽管社区重建,但它从未恢复到之前的繁荣,因为他们没有得到任何保险或政府援助。高速公路的建设再次摧毁了这个社区,这种模式在美国许多城市都有发生。 塔尔萨市长宣布了一项超过1亿美元的修复计划,但没有称之为赔偿。这笔资金主要来自私人捐款,将用于经济适用房、历史保护、奖学金和小企业补助,以及寻找大屠杀受害者。虽然这笔资金具有象征意义,是第一笔用于赔偿的资金,但它可能无法完全弥合财富差距。其他地方的赔偿计划也金额很小,难以产生重大影响。 我采访了一些当地居民,他们对这项计划持乐观态度,但他们也意识到,要解决长期存在的种族不平等问题,需要更长的时间和更多的努力。 Rima Grace: Mitchell的报道引发了我对如何纪念那些对社区造成严重经济和心理影响的事件的思考。暴力、抹杀和流离失所造成的集体损失会代代相传。这些事件不仅导致生命和家园的丧失,还让一代人陷入生存模式,不敢冒险。这些影响不会随着时间而消失,而是以更隐蔽的方式体现在政策决策、财富差距和对机构的不信任中。 Kimberly Adams: Mitchell的报道非常重要,因为它揭示了塔尔萨种族大屠杀的长期影响,以及赔偿计划在解决种族不平等问题上的作用。在当前社会对DEI和赔偿存在强烈抵触情绪的背景下,塔尔萨的模式能否被复制,值得关注。

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Mitchell Hartman's reporting in Tulsa reveals the lasting impact of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The destruction of Greenwood, "America's Black Wall Street," and the subsequent displacement of Black families highlight the ongoing effects of systemic racism and economic injustice. The discovery of unmarked graves underscores the immense human cost and the need for reparations.
  • Discovery of unmarked graves in Greenwood Cemetery
  • Destruction of 1200 buildings and displacement of 10,000 people in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
  • Highway construction further devastated the Greenwood neighborhood
  • The lasting impact on Black homeownership and wealth in Tulsa and other cities

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More than 100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Oklahoma city’s mayor recently announced a $105 million reparations package) to address the Massacre’s lasting impact. Marketplace’s Mitchell Hartman joins us on the show today to explain how we got here, and more from his reporting on economic injustice in Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood. Plus, we’ll get into what the new reparations package could mean for Black Tulsans and the push for reparations in other cities.

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