‘Oklahoma Was Never Really O.K.’ [New York Magazine]Frank Rich took a hard look at the legacy of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, and wonders about the whitewashing of American history pertaining to the Tulsa race riot, which was “still within recent memory” during its creation. “Or would have been had it not been purged from the record. And I mean literally purged,” he wrote. As the suspect was held in a courthouse cell, a large crowd gathered outside, leading to armed confrontation and looting. “It took me years to get over the shock of seeing people be so horrible to people who had done them no wrong.”

Source: New York Times October 21, 2019 14:37 UTC