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Not so fast.
If you use the term, "THE" worst massacre shooting in
American history, you are not even a good amateur historian
and I can surmise that reading is not your forte insofar as
you would want to dig behind that proffered statement and
make up your own mind that it is factually true.
It is not. By far. By a mile. Even how the crow flies,
it is grossly inaccurate and misleading, and the reason why?
Wait for it....here it comes. Because there are four other
massacres that are recorded in American history but those
other massacres/slaughters involved, black people and
indigenous people (aka: Indians).
As you are aware, matters involving people of color
(including Native Americans) and they getting proper
"credit" in the history books that for the most part are
written by white authors and are fed to the American
educational system is often twisted, forgotten or explained
away as of being of no consequence or of no value.
So, if you are going to subscribe to the bandied about
"fact" that the Pulse nightclub massacre was "THE" worst in
American history, are you feeding into a historical
narrative that is (a) inaccurate (b) misleading (c) wrong.
Answer: all of the above.
Now, let us venture into the world of race relations and
peel back the covers and discover the other recorded
incidents of America's shame and hate and greed that
involved people of color.
Before I elaborate, am I playing the "race" card? No, it
was always thrown down and monstrously played out in the
next four incidents that I will bring to your attention or
for some, back to your remembrance.
After reading these real historical facts, when you now
see the media constantly stating that the Pulse shooting
was, "THE" worst massacre in American history, you can say,
"yeah right!"
And, by the way, if you want to screen out what is
about to be read by saying that the Pulse shooting involved
terrorists and that is why it qualifies as, "THE" worst
massacre/terrorist shooting in America, understand what
terrorism does.
Terrorism causes extreme fear and fright amongst it
victims and to send a message that such could be your fate
if you continue in your present ways.
Yes, it can also cause death and mayhem and loss of
property.
All four of the below incidents, involved terrorism and
terrorists, whom are either described as citizens or the
government or even the US military engaging in acts of
terror against people of color and for the purpose of
inflicting hurt, mayhem and harm.
Terrorism also sends a message that we will suppress
you and kill you if need be in order to keep you out of
power (political or economical) because you are hated or
despised and you are not, "one of us!"
MASSACRE ONE:
In 1923, in the small city of Rosewood, Florida, from eight
to up to 150 black men, women and children (depends on what
source you take as being credible) were killed by an enraged
white citizenry due to their perception that black people
were prospering a little too much for their liking and they
needed to be taught a lesson that being uppity is not a good
thing. The perpetrators were white American born and bred
white terrorists acting against black citizens.
The entire town was burned down and blacks were not allowed
to return.
Need more data on this mass murder? Go to the library and
"Google" Rosewood, Florida, 1923.
MASSACRE TWO:
On December 29, 1890 at or near Wounded Knee Creek on the
Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 44 women and 18
children were killed by the U.S. government military. It is
also reported that approximately 84 men were also killed.
Their crime? Being Indians. Again...go ahead and Google for
more detailed data.
MASSACRE THREE:
In 1917, 250 men, women and children were slaughtered by
angry white folks who rioted in the East St. Louis Massacre.
Their crime? Being black and being the object of rumors
about blacks getting out of their "place" and upsetting
white folks’ sensibilities and competing for scarce jobs.
MASSACRE FOUR:
In 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, aka: The Black Wall Street, 300
black people were murdered and their prosperous part of town
(35 city blocks) was set ablaze. Again, you can "Google"
various accounts of this organized mayhem.
Their crime? Being black and prosperous and the murders
fueled by rumors that
black people were acting uppity with white people.
Again, all of the above massacres can be investigated and
read in order for you to have personal knowledge of the
details that lead to these mass shootings of people of
color.
So, if white America wants to revise history and make
the Pulse shooting "THE"
worst terrorist/massacre in US history and deny their own
sordid history of mass killings against people of color, you
now know better and that lie won't take you by
surprise.
Note One: These above four massacres do not include a
host of other mass shootings of Indians when America was
engage in its Manifest Destiny doctrine of expanding to the
West.
And if by chance, Indians were in their way of grabbing
their lands and possessions or getting control of their
valuable grazing lands, timber or minerals, you simply
devise a diabolical ploy that would allow you to wreak havoc
on them and take over!
Note Two: If you want to avoid being called a
historical revisionist, you can claim that the Pulse
shooting was the worse ever massacre in "modern" history
(anything after 1950) done by a "solo" person; and thus you
can avoid explaining yourself about the above massacres and
others not being included when we do body bag counts of
massacres.
Contact Lafe Tolliver at
tolliver@juno.com
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