Oregon has a long history of racism, dating back to its statehood in 1859, when the constitution barred Black people from living there. But recent protests are part of another long history of residents combating that lingering racism.
All Things ConsideredWhile many people think of the Ku Klux Klan as a Southern phenomenon, it had a huge presence in Oregon in the early 20th century. Tell us about that.
I would point to a couple of significant incidents in the 1980s where Portland police officers dumped dead possums on the door of a Black-owned business. In the mid-1980s, after [police killed] a Black man, [Lloyd]"Tony" Stevenson, with a chokehold, the chokehold was banned and the police union distributed T-shirts to officers that said"Smoke 'Em, Don't Choke 'Em," with the image of a gun.
For some people, yes. I think that we've had a number of protests over 15 years here about the problem of white supremacy in institutions, and of course that's at the center of what's happening today.
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