frankly to people having land. you have to have land to build on. land was lost, taken, stolen during that day. and when you come to the north side community, when you look at the gentrification happening in tulsa, absolutely. right policy, implemented policy. we can do more in tulsa. i am glad he s giving thought to it, and the next thing we have to do is put actions behind it. we stand ready, we continue to do the work in tulsa. certainly national federal help would be greatly appreciated. reparations, absolutely, are due. and it could come in many forms. oakland state representative regina goodwin who represents the state some of our district which includes greenwood. it is an absolutely somber commemoration today, but an important moment for the country. thank you for being with us tonight on this night of all nights. rachel, thanks for having us. thank you.
you know, he did point out that we had about 32% home ownership in 1921. it s about the same now a hundred years later, yet when you look at our white counterparts they re about 57% home ownership. and so the differences are dramatic. and, yes, he is absolutely right. he is in a position where he can do quite a bit as it relates to grants, as it relates to home ownership, loans. as it relates quite frankly to people having land. you have to have land, first of all, to build on. so land was lost, taken, stolen during that day. and when you come into that north side community, when you look at the gentrification happening in tulsa, absolutely, right policy implemented properly, we can do more in tulsa, oklahoma. so i m glad he s giving thought to it. and the next thing you got to do is put action behind it. so we stand ready. we continue to do the work we can here in tulsa and certainly
families that never had the opportunity to build on what had been built up in that community. what did you make of his discussion about what we can do now to address the racial wealth gap? he is talking about inequity in housing, small business finance, really granular, specific things. you know, he did point out that we had about 32% home ownership in 1921. it s about the same now a hundred years later, yet when you look at our white counterparts they re about 57% home ownership. and so the differences are dramatic. and, yes, he is absolutely right. he is in a position where he can do quite a bit as it relates to grants, as it relates to home ownership, loans. as it relates quite frankly to people having land. you have to have land first of all to build on. so land was lost, taken, stolen during that day. and when you come into that north side community when you look at the gentrification happening in tulsa, absolutely,