Not one black person in that video. Not one.

I must have been unavailable.

"Do Portlanders have any idea what they're talking about?"
No.
"Does that stop them from having an opinion?"
No.

Classic. That should be etched on City Hall.

(I wonder how much we paid to put that little video together.)

Hey Matt,

You can't really hold the lack of black people in the video against the PDC. I'm a "clothier" on east burnside (I sold you clothes once!) who was working the day they sent the crew down there to shoot that video. I'd imagine there would be a black person in the video if they could find one. The truth is that I've worked down there for about 3 years now, and we have white people in every day, latin american people 2 out of 3 days, asian people maybe twice a week, and black people maybe once every one to two weeks. Lower east burnside seems to represent Portland as a whole pretty accurately as far as racial diversity goes (which is to say... not very diverse).

Actually I take that back. Not the black people part, but if they were to randomly sample the people down there for footage, they would have definitely had a couple latin americans. Also, half the commercial space on my block is rented to the businesses by asian owners, so you'd think they'd make an appearance too.

ahhh, the unbearable whiteness of being.

that said, i really like that song by the band Headlights.

At least they gave up on the "Anzio Bridgehead": fuckin' up the *mos' regulated* hang-out spot for Home and Les under the Burnside MAX overpass by-a Portland Saturday Market [*those burghers* are good, and thorough, at determining who needs to "take a chill" and who needs to move on to stable, varm housing *they could probably somehow have*]. In late-breaking and slightly related news, the AFL-CIO -- up in here, and not by the "good graces" of "Ted K" -- says FUCK YOU, PEOPLE GOTTA LIVE.