re: #107 The Ghost of a Flea

I learned about Rosewood from the John Singleton movie of the same name. Not the only reason I’m obsessed with this topic, but I can remember that feeling of discontent and anger that events like that happened and were just kind of swept away. I mean, people don’t even know that “race riots” used to mean whites heading into an ethnic or black neighborhood.

The way history creates a narrative in which there’s good bits and the bad stories are always built with a rising action makes me fucking insane.

I first heard about in the early 1990s; the grandparents of my girlfriend at the time survived and moved away in the aftermath. But I sure as hell didn’t learn about that in high school. I read more about it later.

But until quite recently, that whole ugly massacre was swept under the carpet. At least now, it’s in the public consciousness.