A key part of the work was coverage of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, in which about 150 blacks were killed by white residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event was virtually unknown prior to the article's publication. Damon Lindelof was inspired by "The Case for Reparations" and learning of the Tulsa massacre in developing the 2019 television series "Watchmen". The series features the Tulsa massacre as a central part of its narrative.&lt;ref name="IGN 2019/10/21"&gt;&lt;/ref&gt;