#Blackstone CEO engages in #indigenous #history erasure while accepting an award from the #French embassy for being... rich?
“What was going on in the United States in 1519 when they built this?” Schwarzman asked the audience. “I think the answer is not much. And so, if you look at the country at that point — that basically had #NativeAmericans, trees and streams, things like that — and you look at what France was doing, it’s sort of stunning.”