HIS 100 Module Three Activity Template: Revising Questions Replace the bracketed text below with your responses.
Identify the topic you chose to explore:
Topic:
Inequality and Human Rights Subtopic:
Tulsa Massacre
Identify a historical perspective that could be applied to your historical event.
A historical perspective that could be applied to my historical event is the political perspective. Given the era this event occurred, racism was strong and ingrained in many areas of the world. It was an even larger concept for the southern communities. Regardless of evidence, the community called for blood when a white woman claimed she was attacked. Not only throwing race into the mix, but gender equality as well. If a man had claimed he was attached by a woman, also regardless of race, he would’ve have been a mockery in the community. With tensions high, this all led to a violent outburst that caused the destruction of a wealthy community. Revise your research question based on evidence from your primary and secondary sources.
What psychological factors influence the continuation and acceptance of racially motivated crimes?
What societal influences triggered the Tulsa Massacre? Explain how historical perspective and evidence from sources influenced your finalized research question.
Based on my secondary source, a very in depth description is provided on the history of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It describes a place location that allowed an African American community to thrive and gain wealth and prosperity, even when other states and areas were still highly prejudicial towards the African American community. It mentions that even though the area did still segregate restrooms for African Americans versus whites, the community was allowed to prosper from the oil boosts and financial opportunities from previous years. This area also became one of the most financially independent communities.
On the other hand, Tulsa did have deep roots tied to racism and “ways of life.” IT is believed that this led to the race riots, and eventually, the Tulsa massacre. Though racism was involved, it could be said that the white community was jealous of the prosperity that had been built up by the citizens of Greenwood, as it was often called “The Black Wallstreet.”
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