No clear analysis exists as to the extent of the losses suffered by Greenwood residents and their descendants, though some recent studies put the figure at $200 million.
Good to know journalists are still doing the same things they were doing in 1921.
1920's Tulsa was a hotbed of criminality. Now, we don't have uniform crime reports from that era, but do you really believe that it was somehow less criminal than any other "prosperous middle-class neighborhood" that's black? Crime tracks race much better than socioeconomic status, as long as there have been statistics to measure it.
From their own source on the damages:
Good to know journalists are still doing the same things they were doing in 1921.
Probably $200 million in 2020 USD. Which wouldn't be crazy for thousands of rounds fired, and dozens of building burnt down.
I mean, what did Kenosha get hit with? It's probably similar in damage.
Maybe 200mm if it wasn't a black neighborhood, with all the adjacent problems. Probably closer to 25mm as it stood.
What adjacent problems? It was a prosperous middle-class neighborhood.
1920's Tulsa was a hotbed of criminality. Now, we don't have uniform crime reports from that era, but do you really believe that it was somehow less criminal than any other "prosperous middle-class neighborhood" that's black? Crime tracks race much better than socioeconomic status, as long as there have been statistics to measure it.