White Supremacy and Oregon: A Workplace Case Study

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Imagine being a person of culture and building up the courage to step forward and file a complaint at work because some of your fellow employees have been actively and openly racist toward you. Now imagine your boss, a white cis male, deciding that the best response to addressing your complaint is calling up his buddy, a white cis male who is also a local police chief. Not to ask his buddy how he should handle this situation, mind you, but to call in a favor in putting together a fraudulent case against you to portray you as stealing from the company to terminate your employment. Sounds crazy, doesn't it?

Welcome to Crazy Town.

West Linn, Oregon, to be exact.

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Take The Pledge

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Anyone who has followed me, seen me speak, or been to a training I’ve facilitated can likely ascertain one thing about me: I care about people. I know firsthand how impactful being shown even a modicum of decency and respect, to be seen as a human being, can be. One of the human issues that we are collectively facing as a community in the city of Portland is an increase in homelessness and housing insecurity for our friends and neighbors. And that is why I am supremely honored to be a member of the steering committee for The Pledge PDX: neighbors helping neighbors. I implore PDX businesses to join me in supporting our homeless and houseless neighbors today!

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