Sponsors and advertisements in emails. We are in an age now where, advertisers must reach us through the very things we send email with. Because spam simply isn’t enough.
Sponsors and advertisements in emails. We are in an age now where, advertisers must reach us through the very things we send email with. Because spam simply isn’t enough.
Flagrant acts of racism.
Portland pretends to be better than that, but I keep having casual reminders that we’re really white-coded. A black guy walks into the liquor store at 10:00 am and both the women behind the counter have a collective sense of panic when I’m walking up to check out. There was nothing off about him. They just had some immediate sense that he intended harm. The one checking me out said, under her breath, “oh, I thought we were getting robbed”.
It was obvious the dude noticed their reaction, and it made me feel fucking horrible.
Oregon previously being an entire sundown state combined with the hippie invasion of the valley definitely resulted in some odd outcomes as far as race relations go.