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> City proper leadership is still openly and malignantly racists Curious, what city is this?
by notinfuriated 4y ago
> City proper leadership is still openly and malignantly racists
Curious, what city is this?
- jasonwatkinspdx 4y agoPortland, Oregon. Note I was referring to a period in the 1970s when the hospital and freeway stuff happened. This city had a very different reputation just 50 years ago, and Oregon as a whole had defacto sundown towns until quite recently. As you might expect from headlines of recent years, things still aren't exactly great in terms of black Portlander's trusting the city will protect their interests, but progress has happened, mostly due to stubborn people pushing on it. No easy answers to this kind of problem, but there is a pretty clear moral compass pointer imo. If you'd like more about my neighborhood specifically: http://kingneighborhood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/BLEEDING-ALBINA_-A-HISTORY-OF-COMMUNITY-DISINVESTMENT-1940%E2%80%932000.pdf http://kingneighborhood.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/BLEED...
- throwaway_bub 4y ago[dead]