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panader0

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6. I went to Willamette University in Salem in 1968.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sun Jun 23, 2019, 11:31 AM

Jun 2019

I had a black roommate. When we walked downtown people would yell
and flip us off. I learned a lot that year.

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Oregon - Its racial history [View all] packman Jun 2019 OP

Thanks for posting. Most don't know about this. brush Jun 2019 #1

Oregon and Indiana at one point had the largest number of KKK's gopiscrap Jun 2019 #2

Its racist history. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2019 #3

There is a lot of self-selection in Oregon dalton99a Jun 2019 #4

They also moved up from California because it was Igel Jun 2019 #7

I didn't know that, thanks Beringia Jun 2019 #5

I went to Willamette University in Salem in 1968. panader0 Jun 2019 #6

From the Oregon Constitution, Bill of Rights sl8 Jun 2019 #8

THANK YOU. I didn't know about this. As an SC resident, I am sick and tired of some people raccoon Jun 2019 #9

Hmm stopdiggin Jun 2019 #10

I said, Southerners haven't cornered the market on racism. Other states have racist incidents in raccoon Jun 2019 #11

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