Brian Simpson

And it was basically like a prosperous, wealthy black community.

And there was a riot one night, and they burned it all down.

And so they did this because of oil?

No.

Well, that was the backdrop for Oklahoma.

But they did this just because of racial jealousy, just like...

Oh, they did it because they were doing well?

Yeah, they were doing too well.

And there was a lot of racial tension in the community.

Because the whole idea behind institutional racism is that poor white people don't mind being taken advantage of because they know that it's black people somewhere that's doing worse than them.

But that doesn't work if you're living next to dudes that's dressed better than you.

They got cars.

They got thriving business.

And it got racial.

The National Guard came in.

And that was all stuff I learned before I went there.

But then I went to the museum there.

And I bring this up just because it would blow your mind how recently they just now acknowledged it like five years ago.

Right?

This all happened because at the comedy club I was at, I mentioned to the owner, I was like, I've stayed in Hilton's all over the place.