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MADem

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15. Well, there are women who are people of color, so I think that might apply.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #12)

Wed Dec 16, 2015, 04:56 AM

Dec 2015

The #blm activists in Portland who protested against the institutional racism of Portland and environs were women, after all.

Half the population of this earth is female. Pretty much half the 'ethnic' population is women, too.

My point was that those three areas do have issues with inequality--no matter its form.

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The U.N. Sent 3 Foreign Women To The U.S. To Assess Gender Equality. They Were Horrified. [View all] SunSeeker Dec 2015 OP

Well, those are three of the most intolerant bastions in our nation. MADem Dec 2015 #1

Oregon???? JDPriestly Dec 2015 #5

If you're black--hell yes Oregon. It was founded as a RACIST Utopia. MADem Dec 2015 #8

Have you been there? JDPriestly Dec 2015 #9

Yes--I have been to Astoria quite briefly and I got the hell out of there as quick as I could. MADem Dec 2015 #11

Astoria isn't the same as Portland, FWIW. It's much more of a small town place. n/t pnwmom Dec 2015 #13

I wasn't feeling all that great in the airport! MADem Dec 2015 #14

I know what you mean. pnwmom Dec 2015 #18

I will defend Portland. I recently was there and we stayed in a popular downtown hotel randys1 Dec 2015 #26

Except the purpose of this tour was to study the treatment of WOMEN. pnwmom Dec 2015 #12

Well, there are women who are people of color, so I think that might apply. MADem Dec 2015 #15

I don't think Oregon is a place that has a special problem with gender equality. pnwmom Dec 2015 #16

We will have to wait for their report, I guess, to learn what they found. MADem Dec 2015 #17

It will be interesting! pnwmom Dec 2015 #19

If they went to SF they would have faced pretty much the same stuff Lordquinton Dec 2015 #20

Well, I think they are looking for access to services for women, and focusing on minority women MADem Dec 2015 #21

That's pretty universal Lordquinton Dec 2015 #22

I understand exactly what you mean regarding Oregon. When I was in a "on the road" band,... BlueJazz Dec 2015 #23

It's just a feeling of comfort and ease that was missing. I felt like I didn't belong there. MADem Dec 2015 #24

I'm horrified, too. Every day. We're so Dark Ages here. southerncrone Dec 2015 #2

I agree that is true for the US, but less so in Portland, Oregon than in many other areas of the US. JDPriestly Dec 2015 #6

... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #3

sorta sad how women are willing to put up with this, being more than half the population nt msongs Dec 2015 #4

K&R. JDPriestly Dec 2015 #7

Me, too. They are all economic issues, as well. southerncrone Dec 2015 #29

I was actually surprised when BlueMTexpat Dec 2015 #10

Thank you, because I Lifelong Protester Dec 2015 #25

We must not be surprised. Also, we are WAY behind the times as to never having randys1 Dec 2015 #27

Indeed. nt SunSeeker Dec 2015 #28