Ajia Meux for The Transcript Jun 13, 2021
10 hrs ago
In January 2021, Showtime aired an episode of âThe Circusâ that featured a segment where two sets of people were interviewed on the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline construction in Montana: Native Peoples committed to protecting the land and water, and white townspeople that would be impacted economically by the loss of the project.
Indigenous activists openly declared that the land was stolen, and construction was operating illegally. White people held town halls with their elected officials to discuss how halting construction could have detrimental effects on frontline employees, power companies, schools and jobs.
While I was watching the segment, I was reminded of the opening of Randy Krehbielâs book âTulsa 1921: Reporting a Massacre,â in which he described how white land runners manipulated Native Peoples into giving their land away.
Media are cultural artifacts — they reflect what is important to a society and what that society values for a particular period of time. It is useful in helping us
Veteran Tulsa World reporter Randy Krehbiel wrote an important historical account of what happened in the town and the aftermath. He talks to BET.com about what he learned.