Oregon Was Founded As A Racist Utopia

[ellenrr]

When Oregon was granted statehood in 1859, it was the only state in the Union admitted with a constitution that forbade black people from living, working, or owning property there. It was illegal for black people even to move to the state until 1926. Oregon's founding is part of the forgotten history of racism in the American west.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/22/oregon-racist_n_6523544.html

[99th_Monkey]

1. Yes, but most Oregonians are saying they don't want these armed interlopers here at all

99% of the local townspeople are not into this, so don't blame it on Oregonians, blame it
on the Bundy Terrorist Brigade, who descended upon Bend from the Bundy Ranch in Nevada,
who have already pulled a stunt like this before and were allowed to do it with no consequences
to speak of.

[MrScorpio]

2. America was founded as a white supremacist utopia

But we're getting ahead of ourselves here

[ellenrr]

3. too true!

[Paka]

4. Medford, one of the last cities in the US...

...to have a "sundown law" (no blacks after dark) well after Civil Rights legislation. Blacks in Portland lived in the Albina area in North Portland and you did not see them in the downtown area when I grew up there in the '40's and '50's. Madly racist city. Having a hard core racist mother, I have many sad stories to tell. The upside is, that it had a profoundly positive impact on me and I became committed to civil rights at an early age. I saw first hand how evil racism was.

[davidpdx]

5. Oregon still has some very redneck areas to it

Mostly the eastern and southern parts. I grew up (part of my life from age 11 until the time I was about 21) in a city that literally only had 2 AA and they were adopted by a white couple. I honestly consider Portland my hometown.