Topic: Black Wall Street

Black Wall Street comes up in 2 chapters across 1 episode of The Higherside Chats Free Show, in August 2020.

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Dr. Angela J. Hattery & Dr. Earl Smith | Policing Black Bodies, Prison Inc., & The Poverty Trap
• 40:23 - 44:11

Dr. Angela J. Hattery & Dr. Earl Smith | Policing Black Bodies, Prison Inc., & The Poverty Trap

Black Wall Street, Tulsa Race Massacre and Jim Crow Economics

The discussion highlights historical instances where Black communities thrived, such as Seneca Village in New York and Black Wall Street in Tulsa, only to be destroyed by elite interests or racial violence. Dr. Hattery argues that the criminal justice system replaced Jim Crow as the primary tool for suppressing Black economic power. She notes that the Jim Crow system was economically inefficient for poor whites because it required the costly duplication of every public institution.

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Dr. Angela J. Hattery & Dr. Earl Smith | Policing Black Bodies, Prison Inc., & The Poverty Trap
• 1:12:56 - 1:16:58

Dr. Angela J. Hattery & Dr. Earl Smith | Policing Black Bodies, Prison Inc., & The Poverty Trap

Host Wrap-up, Tulsa Race Massacre and Class Division

Greg Carlwood reflects on the interview, acknowledging that some listeners might find the topic "fatiguing" or "political." He provides a detailed historical account of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in the Greenwood District, highlighting it as a "conspiratorial" piece of Black history often ignored in mainstream circles. Carlwood reiterates the theme that the elite use racial and political divisions (red vs. blue, Black vs. white) to prevent the lower classes from uniting against the 1%.

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