Pres. Biden is traveling to Oklahoma to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, putting the spotlight on one of the worst acts of racial violence in America that was largely whitewashed and omitted from history books.
"We honor the legacy of the Greenwood community, and of Black Wall Street, by reaffirming our commitment to advance racial justice through the whole of our government, and working to root out systemic racism from our laws, our policies, and our hearts," it said.
"The president has said, both before he became president and now that he is president, that he supports a study of reparations and he thinks it's crucial to do that work on an issue as consequential as this one," a senior White House official said Monday night., has also taken some criticism on the race relations front since assuming office.
One topic that isn't expected to be part of Biden's remarks Tuesday is a plan to cancel student loan debt as a way to close the racial wealth gap. Black Americans carry a large percentage of debt compared to others in the U.S. and progressive Democrats have been advocating for the president to follow through.
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