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KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts) Wed Jul 22, 2020, 02:11 AM Jul 2020

Oregon Has an Ugly Racial History. Kerry Tymchuk's Job Is to Make Sure We Never Forget It.

Oregon Has an Ugly Racial History. Kerry Tymchuk’s Job Is to Make Sure We Never Forget It.

The head of the Oregon Historical Society weighs in on the renaming of schools, the removal of monuments, and the Oregon historical figure who has an entire county named after him, and probably shouldn't.

Originally found in Willamette Week:

https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2020/07/20/oregon-has-an-ugly-racial-history-kerry-tymchucks-job-is-to-make-sure-we-never-forget-it/

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As with any U.S. state, Oregon's history is quite complex. This is just a quick primer on the roots of Oregon's deep history of racism.

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Oregon Has an Ugly Racial History. Kerry Tymchuk's Job Is to Make Sure We Never Forget It. (Original Post) KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 OP

When I moved to Oregon in 1971 tirebiter Jul 2020 #1

K/R People need to know more about the true history, even if buried appalachiablue Jul 2020 #2

tirebiter

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1. When I moved to Oregon in 1971

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Wed Jul 22, 2020, 02:35 AM

Jul 2020

It was to go to Willamette U. I was moving there from Hawaii where I'd been a high school student at Punahou, you know the school that Barack Obama graduated from. T was amazed at how white Salem was. Nothing but white people except at Willamette. I found out over time that it was once a KKK state...