RT @RawDawgBuffalo: Black student ‘attacked at Lewis and Clark College by three white men in hate crime’ https://t.co/39VQIaMgLI
— jamalbryant (@jamalhbryant) November 23, 2015
Man, things are not looking good at Lewis & Clark College these days. Less than a week after racist comments on social media app Yik Yak prompted reactions from students, faculty, and administrators, one student from Rwanda says he was beaten on campus because of his race. And now a transgender student has also reported an assault.
Washington State officials are expected to release their assessment of a controversial oil terminal proposed for Vancouver. The project’s despised by both the city of Vancouver and Portland City Council.
The city’s neighborhood organizations, spurned by what they say is a lack of input on the city’s plans to fight homelessness, have begun making plans of their own. Among the proposals Portland’s seven neighborhood coalitions would consider: A public information campaign, and identifying land within their bounds where homeless camps could be allowed. If the latter happens, it’d be crazy.
(For reference to why it’d be crazy, see some Multnomah Village residents’ reactions to a new shelter for homeless women that’s about to open there.)
Another death on Meldrum Bar, the patch of sand in Gladstone that appears in the Willamette during low tide, but which disappears too quickly for anybody’s good when the tide changes. A 37-year old man from Brooklyn, NY, died yesterday when the SUV he’d been in was caught unawares.
Hey, cat people of Portland. Just a quick FYI to let you know Nestle’s not just scheming on pristine Columbia River Gorge water. It’s also peddling cat food made off the backs of slaves in SE Asia. Your move.
This is bad. Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian fighter jet today, apparently as it crossed a tiny sliver of Turkish airspace near Syria. But I’m sure Russia will let it slide, right?
Also bad: Some “masked men who were behaving suspiciously” opened fire on a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Minneapolis, injuring five people.
The police state is chugging along in France, where cops are free to profile and arrest without warrants, but aren’t turning too much up. And don’t forget Brussels, where many of the Paris attackers got their start. It’s under strict lockdown.
Speaking of terrorism, someone bombed Portland City Hall 45 years ago. No one’s ever figured out who did it, and nothing’s new, but it’s sort of interesting. I certainly didn’t know that.
Some people who’ve unsuccessfully tried to start dialogue lately: A University of Kansas professor who wanted to have a discussion about systemic racism, but just wound up having a host of complaints filed against her.
And author Joyce Carol Oates, who wondered allowed why no one ever hears about the moments of joy ISIS shares.
Gross out there. Real gross.
Hey Motorists, here is a concept, you don’t have to drive your car into the river just because it is possible to drive your car into the river. Let’s quit blaming the river or the tide, this is just stupidity.
In response to “And author Joyce Carol Oates, who wondered allowed why no one ever hears about the moments of joy ISIS shares.” It’s not “wondered allowed,” it’s “wondered aloud.”