The historiographic question that I think is most interesting about Tulsa is why mass events of white terrorism are relatively under-taught compared to the history of lynchings, which I think is much better known
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also a rural exceptionalism
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it individualizes a systemic problem, so its easier to dismiss
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Also I think teaching about lynchings often omits that they often had spectators. It wasn't just a group of Klansman dragging a black man into the woods to kill him.
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They sold souvenir photos.
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A 'few bad apples' vs vicious and violent white majority murderously and permanently out of control: To Kill A Mockingbird vs Blade Runner, if you will
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I agree, I think southern exceptionalism is the key reason.
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