Before getting traded to DC, Russell Westbrook spent a year in Houston on the Houston Rockets and a decade in Oklahoma City with the Thunder. Given that he spent so much time in the state, it's a given that he would learn about the Black Wall Street Massacre that took place in Tulsa in 1921.
Westbrook joined Trevor Noah on the The Daily Show with Trevor Noah to speak on his "Why Not" Foundation, his fashion choices before games and his responsibility to uplift black communities.