1919: Elaine "race riot" in Arkansas where a mob of white men shot and killed 100-800 black people "on sight." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_race_riot …pic.twitter.com/92yfFfbpjg
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Las Vegas shooting isn't deadliest mass shooting in US history. The deadliest mass shootings were acts of white supremacist terrorism. (1/x)
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1921: Tulsa "race riot" (note how this is used as code for massacre) where mob of white men killed 50-300 blacks. http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/11/19/8-of-the-deadliest-race-riots-in-u-s-history/ …pic.twitter.com/Sjd7pQYPuD
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1873: Colfax riot, where a mob of white men murdered 62-153 black people to take control of the local government. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colfax_massacre …pic.twitter.com/lB0KR91lDH
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1850: Bloody Island Massacre, where US troops slaughtered 60-400 members of the Pomo tribe, who they had enslaved. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Island_massacre …pic.twitter.com/QI35P8Hrtd
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1864 Fort Pillow: General Forrest murders 277 black soldiers after they surrender. He later became KKK Grand Wizard. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Pillow …pic.twitter.com/ZseIZ8lA8m
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1890: Wounded Knee Massacre, where US troops killed 300 Lakota men, women, and children.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre …
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These acts of racial terrorism are rarely taught in school or widely remembered. Yet they are the deadliest mass shootings in US history.
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Many reports falsely claiming Las Vegas "deadliest mass shooting in US history." Some note "modern US history." Few mention the massacres.pic.twitter.com/nUoNimMzA5
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Yea if people must use superlatives, deadliest mass shoot*er* would I guess be accurate. Still tho, the erasure of black and native murders.
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