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I enjoy the Black Myths Podcast.
Any particular episodes you like?
I really liked their episodes on Black Wall Street:
https://blackmyths.libsyn.com/myth-black-wall-street-was-self-sustaining-the-black-myths-podcast
https://blackmyths.libsyn.com/myth-black-wall-street-was-self-sustaining-w-dr-jared-ball
The podcast is actually a Youtube channel and for these episodes, they reference a map of what happened. This is the report that the maps are from: https://www.okhistory.org/research/forms/freport.pdf
The gist of the episodes is that Black Wall Street actually wasn't self-sufficient and most Black people living in that district were poor workers, but when the massacre happened, the Black people living there weren't helpless victims but actually fought back. The massacre ended when the Black residents regrouped and started shooting back.
The myth does two things: (1) valorizes Black capitalism and (2) portrays Black non-capitalists (ie workers) as completely passive and helpless.
Rock on, sounds good! I'll give it a go!