Explain how African Americans and other people of color as well as all blue-collar workers might blame other countries instead of the elites in the U.S. for income inequality, loss of jobs, and other disentrancement.

May 31, 2021 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre.
Begin this Discussion, by watching this twelve-minute 60-Minutes video.
Last year, the death of George Floyd, in the hands of Minneapolis police, came on Memorial Day. Ninety-nine years before, that same week, Black Americans suffered a massacre. In the days after World War I, a neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, called Greenwood was among the wealthiest Black communities. Oil made Greenwood rich, but jealousy made it suffer. In 1921, a White mob, with incendiary rage, burned Greenwood to ash.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tulsa-race-massacre-60-minutes-2021-05-23/
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And by watching this ten-minute Vox video.

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And reading this article from The Atlantic.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/1921-tulsa-race-massacre-economic-census-survivors/618968/
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In order, and by including the question number, discuss:
How is systemic racism and inequality related?
How, in general, have the elites in the United States created income and wealth inequality of African Americans and other people of color?
Explain how African Americans and other people of color as well as all blue-collar workers might blame other countries instead of the elites in the U.S. for income inequality, loss of jobs, and other disentrancement.
Think deeply about these questions and use examples in U.S. history. This is an economic assignment, so make sure your answers are positive economics in nature.
Include:
Economic theories, definitions, and/or concepts that you have learned in this class and ECN 150.
Data that supports your answers. (Cite the source with a direct link/URL).
Links to your research. (Cite the source with a direct link/URL).

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