Ok Portland, let's real talk. We've all heard the jokes about how white this city is, jokes that are usually not original and function to ignore the minority populations that do live here. But maybe this city's whiteness wouldn't be such a joke if we didn't do stupid twee things like have the Oregonian put on an entire week dedicated to DUMPLINGS and not feature a single restaurant east of 82nd. Oh good, Salt n Straw is going to make a dumpling (probably with balsamic crystalized ginger bone marrow, or something equally absurd). That's just awesome. Meanwhile all the money white people are going to throw at these restaurants is going nowhere near the establishments that actually sell fucking dumplings all year long. Dumplings that will probably be a thousand times better than whatever weird iteration Departure is going to fart out. I get it, whitewash burger week. That's not really surprising. Hell, we already specialize in white ass tacos with vegan mac and cheese fillings (I actually really love them, shout out to Cruz Room). But don't Columbus dumplings and and pretend like your caramelized fennel makes it ok to ignore the rich NOT WHITE cultures that actually exist in this city. For the love of god Portland, don't stand in line for white people dumplings when you can go get some kick ass legit food on 82nd or beyond. And if you really are too chicken shit to go all the way to 82nd, go to Pho An on 63rd and Sandy. #dumplingweek #whitepeople #columbusing #smh