A Black man like me is not supposed to love Oklahoma. But in studying my home state’s history of violence, theft and wild ambitions, I learned to reckon with its legacy
Poverty, lack of opportunity, lack of education, lack of intellectual curiosity, lack of introspection, lack of a sense of adventure, corrupt leaders they reelect on ideological grounds instead of outcomes, but with progressive enclaves like any state
Source: spent a lot of time in and around Oklahoma
I do think you can’t get a complete picture of America without understanding places like Oklahoma, but America is a big place and contains a lot of different cultures.
Poverty, lack of opportunity, lack of education, lack of intellectual curiosity, lack of introspection, lack of a sense of adventure, corrupt leaders they reelect on ideological grounds instead of outcomes, but with progressive enclaves like any state
Source: spent a lot of time in and around Oklahoma
I do think you can’t get a complete picture of America without understanding places like Oklahoma, but America is a big place and contains a lot of different cultures.