For People Of Color In Portland Government, It's A Frustrating And Even Scary Time
For People Of Color In Portland Government, It's A Frustrating And Even Scary Time: Portland's elected council members are all white. But many of their employees are not. The frequent, chaotic protests at City Hall have frustrated and even scared some of the people of color who work for the city.
"The incident gets at the tension that rules City Hall right now: Portland is a very liberal city with a new mayor who’s promised a progressive agenda. Police reform. Affordable housing.
"The incident gets at the tension that rules City Hall right now: Portland is a very liberal city with a new mayor who’s promised a progressive agenda. Police reform. Affordable housing.
It’s also one of the whitest cities in America, with a long history of institutional racism."