Thanks to the determination of civil rights leaders, particularly the victims of the terrorism inflicted upon Black Wall Street in 1921, the US government is finally reviewing this massacre. While it took over a century, those innocent Black Americans — who were robbed and killed simply due to their skin color — are getting justice. Hopefully, this investigation will lead to a broader conversation about compensating today's descendants of those heroes.

Racial equality activists are keeping Blacks locked in the past and treated as victims. In today's America, however, Black poverty is due almost entirely to their own decisions, particularly regarding crime. Even from an economically progressive point of view, instead of pitting Blacks against Whites, poor Americans of all races would be better served if their leaders cleaned up city streets, improved schools, and implemented economic growth-oriented fiscal policies.