{"id":548288,"date":"2021-06-01T13:50:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T17:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548288"},"modified":"2021-06-01T13:50:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T17:50:40","slug":"on-centennial-of-tulsa-race-massacre-biden-admin-announces-moves-to-address-wealth-gap-for-black-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-centennial-of-tulsa-race-massacre-biden-admin-announces-moves-to-address-wealth-gap-for-black-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"On Centennial Of Tulsa Race Massacre, Biden Admin Announces Moves To Address Wealth Gap For Black Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fon-centennial-of-tulsa-race-massacre-biden-admin-announces-moves-to-address-wealth-gap-for-black-communities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548288&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration announced new initiatives to address the wealth gap between black and white communities Tuesday on the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.<\/p>\n<p>Biden is the first <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/25\/biden-tulsa-race-massacre-oklahoma\/\">president<\/a> to participate in the remembrance event and he plans to\u00a0meet with <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/20\/107-year-old-testifies-congress-1921-tulsa-race-massacre\/\">surviving members<\/a> of the community on his Tuesday trip, The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/george-floyd-death-of-george-floyd-donald-trump-tulsa-coronavirus-pandemic-6c24f5e351ceceddff2292178d146ef9\">reported<\/a>. The president is set to speak about the various actions in Tulsa, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>The administration is in part focused on home ownership and business ownership for \u201ccommunities of color and disadvantage communities,\u201d the White House announced Tuesday. The initiatives include a plan to address racial discrimination in the housing market and an effort to grow federal contracting with disadvantaged businesses by 50%.<\/p>\n<p>Biden will also tout his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/06\/joe-biden-buttigieg-fact-check-brian-deese-american-jobs-plan-moodys-analytics-infrastructure\/\">jobs plan<\/a> during the afternoon remarks, the AP reported. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/28\/biden-budget-request-jobs-families-plan-spending-deficit\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0Biden Unveils Budget Request For $6 Trillion In Spending, Highest Since World War II)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The administration announced new information regarding Biden\u2019s proposal that are specifically aimed at creating jobs and building wealth in these specific communities. The jobs plan will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/06\/01\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-build-black-wealth-and-narrow-the-racial-wealth-gap\/\">include<\/a> a $10 billion Community Revitalization Fund and $15 billion for new grants and technical help for the \u201cplanning, removal, or retrofitting\u201d of infrastructure \u201cthat creates a barrier to community connectivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7203937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7203937\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7203937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321062511-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"People partake in a candlelight vigil in the Greenwood district during commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre on May 31, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321062511-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321062511-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321062511-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321062511-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321062511-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321062511-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7203937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People partake in a candlelight vigil in the Greenwood district during commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre on May 31, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addressing the struggles of minority-owned small businesses, the Biden administration highlighted a $31 billion proposal investment to \u201creduce barriers to small business ownership and success.\u201d Biden is also calling on Congress to push through the $5 billion grant program dubbed the \u201cUnlocking Possibilities Program\u201d in part to help with affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>Biden called the Tulsa Race Massacre \u201cone of the worst incidents of racial violence in our history\u201d in a 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joebiden\/status\/1274425788117417986?lang=en\">tweet<\/a>. He added that \u201cit has been erased from our national consciousness for far too long\u201d and called on America to \u201creckon with what happened in 1921.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tulsa Race Massacre took place May 31 to June 1, 1921. A mob of armed white residents attacked the black Greenwood community. Some historians estimate that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/05\/19\/998225207\/survivors-of-1921-tulsa-race-massacre-share-eyewitness-accounts\">up to 300<\/a> black people were killed during the massacre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a story the president has been long familiar with, a story that has not been told,\u201d White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Tuesday en route to Tulsa. \u201cThe president wants to make sure it\u2019s not a forgotten story and the president wants to put it on record, which is one of the reasons why he\u2019s coming today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration announced new initiatives to address the wealth gap between black and white communities Tuesday on the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.Biden is the first &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278789,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321062511-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"On Centennial Of Tulsa Race Massacre, Biden Admin Announces Moves To Address Wealth Gap For Black Communities","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321062511-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"On Centennial Of Tulsa Race Massacre, Biden Admin Announces Moves To Address Wealth Gap For Black Communities","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}