‘It’s Our Responsibility’: U.S. Philanthropist Who Donated to Tulsa Massacre Survivors Calls on Rich White People to Pay Reparations Since Government Won’t

A New York philanthropist who donated $3 million to the last three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre called on other wealthy white Americans to contribute to reparations, citing the lack of action from states and the federal government.  Business for Good founder Ed Mitzen, author of “Wealthy and White: Why Guys Like Me Have to Show Up, Step Up, and Give Others a Hand Up,” told CNN this week he was deeply moved by the ongoing legal plight of the aging survivors, leading him to put up his own money in 2022 to help the survivors, while he criticized public officials in Oklahoma for slow-walking compensation efforts.  Business Man Ed Mitzen donated millions to Tulsa massacre survivors, and he’s urging other wealthy white people to do the same. (Photo: X/@Business_4_good) “It just made me angry,” Mitzen said, explaining his motivations to the network. “I was sitting there thinking what happened to them was irrefutable, whether or not it happened 102 years ago, or two years ago — it happened. It’s undeniable. And it felt to me like the government out there was trying to run the clock out on these folks.” Two years ago, Mitzen’s New York-based...