Black residents in Tulsa, the US city that still bears the scars of a 1921 racial massacre, are eagerly awaiting the arrival of President Joe Biden, hoping he will hear their call for financial reparations
People partake in a candlelight vigil in the Greenwood district during commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre on May 31, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
"I just want him to feel our pain," said local activist Kristi Williams on Monday in the US state of Oklahoma."It's been 100 years, and we have been impacted negatively, from housing, economic development, our land has been taken," she told AFP news agency.
In Tulsa, this is just the beginning: residents expect further action from a president who has cautiously declared support for looking into financial reparations for Blacks.The mayor of Tulsa formally apologised on Monday for "the city government's failure to protect our community in 1921." There are marked inequalities between the northern part of Tulsa, which is predominantly Black, and the south, which has mostly white residents.
She said Black residents are still disadvantaged compared to the city's white residents. Reparations could, she believes, help Greenwood improve its schools. In mid-April, a US congressional committee voted to advance the bill to the House of Representatives.
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