This morning NPR had a story on the recent murders of three black people by two white men in Tulsa, OK.

As a part of the coverage, NPR reporter Steve Inskeep interviewed Tulsa native and University of Michigan Professor of African-American History Scott Ellsworth about the 1921 Tulsa race riot. (Inskeep later referred to Ellsworth as a professor of southern history and culture.)

The professor talked about how the 1921 riot started and the terrible events that then transpired.

At the end of Prof. Ellsworth's description of the 1921 riots, NPR's Inskeep asked the professor, "Has Tulsa changed a lot?"

Ellsworth responded, "Well, I think Tulsa has changed some. You know, I think it's important to remember that Oklahoma is a very profoundly conservative state. In 2008 Oklahoma was the only state where not a single county voted for Obama."

Interestingly, in 2004 not a single Oklahoma county voted for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry either. Ellsworth didn't mention that.

Later, speaking about how Oklahoma whites and blacks will view the recent murders differently, Ellsworth said, "[Blacks] live in a state where the majority of the electorate, the white electorate, is anti-affirmative action."

Many recent polls show that, nationally, a majority of Americans generally oppose affirmative action policies, something which Ellsworth didn't mention.

A June 2009 Quinnipiac poll and a February 2012 Rasmussen poll are but two examples.

Even polls of people in individual states, such as the Democratic Party stronghold of California, show an anti-affirmative action feeling, according to a September 2011 Survey USA poll of the Golden State.

The full interview can be heard at the podcast titled "1921 Riot Reveals Tulsa's History Of Race Relations," about halfway down the page at the link, here.

It is the twelfth podcast and lasts just less than 5 minutes.

* The original post mistakenly identified Steve Inskeep as Scott Inskeep.