Westside neighborhood association
Dr. David Parr, Community Liasons, Public officials. New York Race Riots Tulsa Race Riots 1921 peekskill

Remorseful & Shamed American History. Tulsa Race Riots Era 1921 and Peekskill New York different places on the map, the same hate lives on.

I live with gloom please forgive I have sinned I tried to belonged to something wonderful but it was camoflaudged in deception. As a young child i came up in the presence of tulsa's race riots i relocated not imagining i could relive that tragic place. Then i arrive to this city peekskill new york. I'm telling there story. I allow myself to be decieved. My name is shame. I live in the community of westside neighborhood association. At first i did attend meetings regularly things seemed normal, one evening i attended that monthly meeting it was a full house. People from all different regions a melting pot a few meetings i attended the topic was riding the westside of people who were considered outside the tax bracket, yet i thought nothing. Surely yet slowly less participation of homeowners occured. So i thought to myself where has everyone gone. Riding the bus one day i over hear women speaking about wsna ; targeting minorities, blacks, poor whites, and immigrants then my senses went haywired because now i recognized just what were missing from the meetings other races i continue to attend the meetings, but paying close attention to details at these meetings. Wsna were targeting homes the homes of minorities blacks etc, etc. I thought to myself this can't be happening in this day and age, but it was staring me right in the face. Man was i wrong. The nwa president deals closely with political leaders in peekskill. Momentum was steadily building up when the city mayor began campaigning behind close doors. I heard someone make a profound statement if you wanta catch the devil you got to go to hell. Community policing. C. J the police department. Nwa etc. I weren't told this but witnessed it at first hand. Nwa contacted the mayor and met on a regular basis. Since her mayorship the meetings do not occur as they did before. There were a total of six black familiesas in the area targets of the nwa. First project was to remove the families off the block of simpson and bay street. The logic negroes have lived in the community but they can not and must'nt reside in corner properties (because of home value). I listened very carefully and smiled, each smile i felt so nauseas. I could'nt believe my ears. The association started falling apart. First movement remove the families off the corner properties. Each and everyday i walk thur the area and would not have known or cared who lived there. I was remined of the present after affect of the tulsa race riots. The confederate southerners didnt win the war, but they practiced other drastic measures. Nothing has changed the confederate flag may not hang, but its hidden in the hearts of the majority, pure ignorance and hate. The organizers gave every member telephone numbers too call the mayor, code enforcement, city hotline, etc. The mission is to flood the city with documented, anonoymis calls, a paper trail, this was done so wna & the city can justify their actions. After observing such familar acts I realized only the act of god can make people aware of the present hate beside them. Every diabolical scheme seemed to back fire.
Until i witnessed and smelled smoke emerge from the property as i looked up all i could think of was hate, i immediatley was in a time warp i lost days weeks and my self, i feel such shame we are all the same the lords children i think about the family who lived their the chidren i watched happily playing and laughing, i watched cookouts, new windows inplaced, proms and graduations celebrated with pride, a local celebrity grew up here on our block. An american family, now i pass through and i feel sick inside, the house is no longer a home it sits their a constant reminder of hate, life ceased to exist. The empty lifeless home is a clear reminder of tulsa riots, 1921. No one has owned the tragedy of 1921. Because the atrocities have not been addressed it sends a message that unacceptable acts are acceptable as long as the tulsa race riots are not addressed it leaves the doors open for these people to get away with there diabolical scemes. Police and public servants are liable, they ignited a fire of hate, because the hate displayed i believe are their own prejudices hiding behind uniforms and power. The fires on simpson and bay street are the tulsa race riots of 2010.1921 to 2010 dates in time, different corners on earth nothing has changed. During 1921 to 2010 there has been no overseers over looking the overseers, god is watching he knows what was done he also knows your heart. They can run but they cant hid. As a white person I am affected, but i realize the damages in me are nothing compared to the people the hateful acts are directed toward. I am much older now, i must rest thank you father for every ability to free my soul i am a survivor of the tulsa race riots. God bless.

Company: Westside neighborhood association
Country: USA
State: New York
City: Peekskill
Address: Smith Street

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