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i have decided that it will be a good day.
despite a whole lotta hoo haw
it will be a good day
and it will all work out

ok?

are we all together on this?

collective good day?

I saw this in another community and thought it worth reposting here

Cut and pasted from the debunkingwhite community on LJ
where it was
Cut and pasted from Colorlines' blog RaceWire:

News outlets all over the country are calling the VT [sic] massacre the deadliest shooting in modern American history.

But as one writer points out, this is another example of how mainstream media works to forget our painful history of race and violence.

I wish that AP, MSNBC and other news outlets would be intellectually accurate and honest. The "deadliest mass shooting" or "deadliest shooting rampage" in our nation's history occurred on June 1, 1921 in the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Tulsa Race Riot, also known as the 1921 Race Riot, the Tulsa Race War, or the Greenwood Riot, was a large-scale civil disorder. During the 16 hours of rioting, over 800 people were admitted to local hospitals with injuries, an estimated 10,000 were left homeless, 35 city blocks composed of 1,256 residences were destroyed by fire, and $1.8 million (nearly $17 million after adjustment for inflation) in property damage.

Our glorious Black Wall Street was destroyed in the carnage of that day.

39 people were officially reported killed, although most experts agree that the actual number of Black citizens killed during the riot to be around 300.

This isn't an effort to compare horrendous situations. Rather, it is part of the continuing effort in the Electronic Village and elsewhere to ensure that OURstory isn't ignored or forgotten as others write his-story...

While we mourn for those murdered this week in Virginia, we ask you not allow the Tulsa Race War murders to be swept under the rug of distorted, revised, and repressed history. We must never forget, and we must not allow others to forget either.

ETA: While the writer makes a valid point re not wanting to erase violence - I also think that the difference outlined by the press coverage of the VT tragedy stems from there being a single shooter vs a large civil disorder/riot.  However - I am not unposting the post because remembering our history matters. and often these things do get forgotten and swept aside.

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so is anyone out here in lj land a lawyer that deals with estate planning stuff or has a good referral to someone?
i need some papers looked over to confirm that everything is in order

thanks