the systematic oppression of black people over the centuries in america has stifled the growth of the black middle class and home ownership. atrocities like the Tulsa massacre, the Ocoee massacre Seneca village, lake Lanier destroyed black towns when they popped up. Things like Redlining and black soldiers being omitted from the GI Bill put laws in place to discriminate against black people forcing them into ghettos. The history of being an oppressed group that were once slaves is the answer to