The Ethnic Cleansing of Black America's Cities, Economic Base And The Creation of The Wealth Gap

Over on NBC’s streaming channel Peacock, Amber Ruffin has schooled her audience on “The Secret History of Flooding Black Towns to Make Lakes.” This history goes hand and hand with the Racial Massacres like Tusla, OK 1912 and what was later coined "Red Summer" 1919 by Civil rights leader James Weldon Johnson where hundreds of Foundational American Aborigine communities were destroyed. A lot of Interstate highway systems run through what wasn't flooded. Many of these domestic terrorist attacks against indigenous Americans is what helped to strengthen the current racial wealth gap. One thing a lot of these stories share in common would be what started them. The claims of abuse by white women lie at the root of these massacres and it leaves one to wonder when will they be held accountable for collectively invoking benign neglect towards the systemic oppression of American Aborigines. White Women: Admitting We’re All Racist is the First Step to Dismantling White Supremacy. Women Have Always Been a Part of White Supremacy .When White Women Cry: How White Women's Tears Oppress Women of Color

White lynch mobs were allowed to commit genocide and ethnic cleansing stealing the wealth of FBA similar to Palestine. The achievements of Black Americans made them vulnerable to attack, said Trina Shanks, a nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute.

“If Blacks were successful and actually were visibly prosperous, that made them a target. Some of the violence might have been triggered by this economic envy,” said Shanks, director of community engagement at the University of Michigan’s School of Social Work. She explains that some White Americans thought, “How can we make sure that we reserve these economic benefits and opportunities for the White population and our children and push Blacks out so there can be more for us.” These acts of racial violence took aim at the roots of generational wealth, shaping the nation and its inequities in ways we still see today. A lot of these communities were on indigenous lands and sacred mound systems lie underneath many of these now flooded cities.