Tulsa's Greenwood District, Detroit's Black Bottom among others, were destroyed by racist policies…

First, it’s about about the erasure of ordinary middle-class African Americans by the white establishment’s penchant to amplify negative Black stereotypes. The novel Push was published a few years before Everett wrote Erasure in 2001. His novel is clearly a reaction to stories like that.
Stagger Lee and the ‘Erasure’ of Middle-Class African Americans
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Feb 24, 2024
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Tulsa's Greenwood District, Detroit's Black Bottom among others, were destroyed by racist policies and the Interstate Highway System.
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