Complete BULLSHIT!

This says not a word about a 'big turnout'

All these goals are written into federal, state and city law already.

Plus there's the human rights commission.

The civil rights commission.

The social services division.

They'll pass it now of course, but this taxpayer money to pay for do-nothings will be gone within two years, as they try and look for (non-existant) real jobs.

I don't know whether Portland needs a separate Office of Equity or not. But I found the photo interesting and did a bit of digging. Let's remove that sheet for a moment.

http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/kkk_pow…

I just can't believe that these KKK guys could ever have been taken seriously. Bigotry aside even,
wearing sheets over their heads?
Puh-leeze.
Then again, look at the silly 'anarchists' and their own costume.

frankieb: historically the KKK was a rather powerful cog in the wheel of the political machine here in Oregon in the earlier part of the 20th Century. Sad but true. That era is also long past.

It should also be important to not suggest that unless the Office of Equity is not approved of with a loving Kumbaya embrace into the city bureaucracy that somehow this town will once again fall into the hands of the KKK. While it is always advisable to be aware of this history, one should also beware of it's use as a scare tactic.
That said, I would like to give credit to this article for at least touching on a number of other issues of importance. This town actually did spend a fair amount of time examining race issues in the context of Don't Choke 'Em Smoke 'Em, desegregation and Mulugeta Seraw. The fact that a slow and painful evolution in the discussion of race in this town has vanished because in reality over the past few years there has been a discernible shift towards alienating those that don't fit in with Portland's "trendy" new demographic is sad indeed. These days it seems as if 'equity' in Portland means making sure everyone looks exactly like their neighbor and is just as uptight and PC to boot.

Oh, "good job" frank, comparing a national christian terrorist group responsible for hundreds of murders to radical activists.

You sound just like the tea-bagger who compares Obama to Hitler.