Our racial history is shadowed. Will Oklahoma repeat its past mistakes or learn from them?

Our racial history is shadowed. Will Oklahoma repeat its past mistakes or learn from them?

A sign marks Black Wall Street at North Greenwood Avenue and East Archer Street in Tulsa. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)Our state has a shadowed history when it comes to racial issues that includes the forced removal of Native Americans on Trail of Tears, the slaughter of Black residents during Tulsa Race Massacre and a 2007 law touted to be the nation’s harshest anti-immigrant state law. I’ve long watched as Oklahoma’s elected of…