Even when you think you hold no discrimination, unconscious bias still exists. Personal backgrounds, privileges, experiences and history dictate actions, motives and decisions, whether implicit or explicit, conscious or unconscious….
Beer hall discussion talks racism and public health
Students and faculty of Portland State and Oregon Health and Sciences University School of Public Health along with community members, attended an open discussion about racism and public health at…
No justice without racial justice
Portland State alumna Walidah Imarisha spoke at “Living the Legacy: Afrofuturism and Possibilities for Oregon” Monday, Jan. 22. PSU’s Global Diversity and Inclusion department hosted the event as part of an annual Dr….
In response to ‘Feeling whitewashed’ in response to ‘Transcend your identity’
White privilege does not mean a white person cannot suffer or have a hard life due to poverty or other factors. [A white person’s] personal grief and struggles have a…
Taking a knee is patriotic as f*ck
Over the course of the last year, the controversy over Colin Kaepernick’s decision to kneel during the national anthem before football games has had many responses. Some people are appalled,…
‘Using the vehicle of comedy and visual poetry to explore race’
My thoughts and feelings about Artist Repertory Theater’s opening performance of An Octoroon would perhaps be best described through interpretative dance, or maybe a painting in the style of Jackson…
Third stabbing victim in MAX hate crime identified as PSU student, expected to recover
The third victim in yesterday’s stabbing incident at the Hollywood Transit Center has been identified as Portland State music student Micah David-Cole Fletcher, age 21. Fletcher’s injuries are not life…
Uncle Sam versus the devil’s lettuce
Cannabis has been a popular plant of controversy for thousands of years. In the U.S., this is no exception. The U.S. loved cannabis in the 1800s Imported by the Gunjah-Wallah Company…