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carried through the times. talk to me a little bit of that as a descendent of the tulsa massacre. thank you so much for having me today, tiffany. the north side of tulsa, it is at one point it was a food desert. we just got a grocery store in north tulsa. it s been a decade since we ve had access to fresh produce in our community. across the street from one of our high schools is a blighted old grocery district. there s a giant hole in the wall. kids can walk in there. i mean, it s really bad. not only do we have blithe but there is a seven-year difference in the life expectancy between predominantly black people who live in north tulsa and people who live on the south side of tulsa. and it s interesting that you can make that connection to what happened 100 years ago today. angela, i feel like tulsa is a microcosm of so much of what s happening in the country today. like i said, tulsa s not an
inflicted upon black people in this country every day. viola fletcher, mother fletcher as she s known here was 7 years old when she survived the tulsa massacre. today she s one of several plaintiffs in a state lawsuit demanding reparations for the damage done, not only 100 years ago but every day since. joining me now is demario saloman simmons and myrsa baradaran. thank you both for being here. demario, i want to start with you. i think you ve made such a clear case for reparations in this scenario. it was not only 300 lives lost but livelihoods that were lost that again ripple through time and generations. tell me why this case for reparations is so important? it s so important because we have actual living survivors.
the eyes of the country are on tulsa this morning as we mark 100 years since the massacre that reshaped the city. joining me now, you know who it is, roland martin, host of roland martin unfiltered. and he s fisk university s distinguished scholar in residence. he s about to bring the funk. so happy you re here. happy to be here. looking dapper and festive. i brought the long coat. it s chilly this morning. you made a better choice than i did, my friend. i m curious your take on all of this because as you know, the commission has raised $30 million to construct this commemoration and building to acknowledge what happened 100 years ago, but none of that money is actually going to the descendents or survivors.
conversations may be a bit uneasy, get comfortable in that discomfort because this is the necessary exchange to make this country into the america that so many of you already believe her to be. joining me now is jalani cobb, staff writer at the new yorker. professor of journalism at columbia university and msnbc university analyst. angela rye, host of the amazing podcast on one with angela rye. and niamia frank, founder and editor in chief of the black wall street times. guys, i m so happy to have you here. mostly, i m happy to have people on set with me. thank you all for being here. niamia, i want to start with you because when i first got to tulsa to do research on the back story, i was struck by the difference in how the north part of town, the predominantly black part of town lives to the southern part where white residents live. it highlighted how the economic impact of that devastation has