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  1. Looking through the injustice to find a clearer picture of racism

    BOOK REVIEW | ‘Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond’ by Marc Lamont Hill When you hear about one more killing by police, read one more statistic about racial disparities in arrests and mass incarceration ...

    27 Dec 2016 - Mike Wold

  2. Racism, classism through the lens of white ancestors

    Anne Mavor's art installation is a tour through her ancestors’ perpetuation of slavery, genocide, persecution Anne Mavor was hoping to collaborate with a Native American artist for her next big project when she had a rude awakening.  She was sitting ...

    4 Oct 2016 - Emily Green

  3. David Suzuki bequeaths hope, values to future generations

    Scientist, environmentalist describes the evolution of social attitudes and what he aims to hand down to his grandchildren David Suzuki wants to share his values with younger generations.  In his latest book, “Letters To My Grandchildren,” the Canadian ge ...

    21 Jan 2016 - Norman Rickert

  4. ‘Born again in Ferguson’

    Unrest lured the Rev. Osagyefo Sekou away from the pulpit and into the streets ‘in the communion of protest’ The Rev. Osagyefo Sekou — organizer, pastor, theologian and author — has found a new calling on the front lines of Ferguson and Baltimore.  Sekou ...

    19 Jun 2015 - Leonora Ko

  5. An impenetrable force: Reflecting on the Portland police union, past and present

    In the new documentary “ Arresting Power,” which premiered at the Northwest Film Center in January, there is a 1981 film clip of Portland police commissioner Charles Jordan in heated dialogue with outraged citizens protesting a blatant act of racial haras ...

    24 Feb 2015 - Martha Gies

  6. Myth buster: Exposing the mythical origins of racism

    Jacqueline Jones teaches at the University of Texas and has been awarded a MacArthur “genius” fellowship and other prizes. She’s an intellectual heavyweight, who specializes in African-American history, particularly as it relates to labor. I suspect that ...

    18 Jun 2014 - Jim Douglas

  7. The making of Whitelandia: Portland filmmakers take a critical look at the city's history of racism and resilience

    Over the course of their careers Portland filmmakers Matt Zodrow and Tracy MacDonald have travelled the country learning the histories and stories of Americans, but for their latest project, Whitelandia, the Emmy-award winning husband and wife team have t ...

    8 May 2014 - Ann-Derrick Gaillot

  8. The dynamics of race and its impact on real social work

    The topic of race and social work is a conversation that could take many paths. We could discuss the dynamics for professionals of color in Portland (and the sad trend of emigration from Portland); or the experience of people of color within our dominant ...

    15 Feb 2014 - Shannon Singleton

  9. Help SR name a new column and educate ourselves about racism all in one

    Help SR name a new column and educate ourselves about racism all in one In this week's Street Roots we published a Letter to the Editor, in which an avid reader, and elder from the Watoska Band of Ramanichal took offense to the liberal use of the wor ...

    3 Nov 2009 - Street Roots

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