This week’s disgusting display in Buffalo, New York, has us reflecting on the ugliness of racism in our own community, because this is far from just Buffalo’s problem.
A number of years ago, the Source Weekly ran a series highlighting how racism was “hiding in plain sight” around Central Oregon. As much as we’d like to say that people have evolved and that recent racial justice protests have made more people aware of the harm caused by white supremacy, it seems the opposite is true. Racism in Central Oregon doesn’t hide in plain sight—it is writ large.
In one instance in Madras, it’s been forced into people’s faces as they make the drive from parts west or north along Highway 97. It is there that the Ding Ho Chinese Restaurant, recently closed, has for over a week displayed a derogatory attempt at imitating a Chinese accent and message on its sign.
It’s not just people of color or those from marginalized groups who should be outraged about this type of blatant racism that was not immediately taken down. To truly get to a place where people of all races, creeds and colors feel accepted and safe, those who have benefited from the status quo need to stand up for the marginalized. Right now, the racists of our region are winning.
They are winning when they see the sole person of color, who is also queer, leave their elected position on the Bend City Council due in part to being targeted for their identities.
They are winning when a sign engaging in racial stereotyping is allowed to stay up for more than a single hour.
They are winning when people of color from other regions come here and get called the “N” word within hours of their arrival.
They are winning when a Confederate flag is waved during a Redmond parade, and the City doesn’t have the political will to ban them from future parades.
They are winning when a Black man is shot dead on the streets of Bend after flirting with a white man’s girl.
They are winning when a Black teen ends his own life after being bullied at Summit High School.
Elsewhere, they are winning when a man in Buffalo, New York, can find fellowship in using the Great Replacement Theory as justification for shooting down Black people at a grocery store. They continue to win when the theory is regurgitated on cable news.
This is not a struggle that any of us asked to be in, but it’s happening. Using reason or even espousing empathy has thus far not ended this—so what do we do?
What we certainly don’t do is nothing.
This article appears in Source Weekly May 26, 2022.
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-Is there any evidence that those who vandalized the Ding Ho restaurant were white — or is that an assumption? And if it was – does that one a-hole speak for everyone? How many Chinese restaurants have stood for decades without being defaced?
-A certain council-person quit because this certain council-person couldn’t handle it. This person assumed that the negativity that was directed at them was because of their gender or race. Did this person ever consider that maybe it was their extreme political views maybe, just maybe had something to do with it?
-People should be allowed to fly whatever damn flag they like. Communist, LGBTQ+, Confederate, plain ol’ red white and blue — its called freedom, and if you can’t handle it then you don’t belong in a free country. The Source wanting to ‘ban’ someone from attending a public event for expressing their opinion shows their intolerance, knee-jerk tendency to silence and censor anyone they disagree with.
-Main stream media, democratic politicians, etc. are able to openly claim that “Demographics is destiny”, explicitly touting that as immigrants flood across our southern border, these immigrants will vote blue. That the eeeeeeeeevil white people of America (how dare they be born white!) are being replaced by immigrants. Its been openly stated all over the news for years now. And then if Tucker Carlson dare to point this out — all of a sudden he’s a racist?
-If the supposed N-word shouting is real, those shouting it are an incredibly tiny percentage of the population. More likely: If its anything like most supposed instances of supposed public ‘hate-speech’, its probably not even true. Perhaps Jussie Smollett was one of these people who was violated? Maybe that rope swing was aaaaaaactually a noose?
The real battle we’ve to content with is indwelling sin and separation from a Holy God. This community has zero self awareness, only a bitterly critical spirit.
And right on queue a commentor named mudslide validates the claims being made in the opinion article.
So what do we do you ask? We fight………..just like our ancestors did 160 years ago. And guess what….the good guys won then, and we will win again.
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The most Criminal Official of Oregon late A.G. Dave Frohnmayer had deleted and removed all the record from Lane County that shows I’d changed my name to Nadia Sindi then he lift my old name Faika M. Sindi and changed the first letter of my name made it Saika Findi!! and trapped me with a Criminal record since 1987!!
It had happened when late A.G. Frohnmayer was Oregon A.G.
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https://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-30283-u-of-o-prof-files-bar-complaint-in-long-v-kroger-case.html
https://www.dailyemerald.com/archives/uo-president-faces-ethics-complaints/article_de9248c1-bf32-53ea-9a2b-8b67c4c08ad1.html
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/University+president+faces+ethics+complaint.-a0153374882?fbclid=IwAR1lSXHpNvxvFW0TxkLDBhjELusnbonQkvyk8I3L7Ovt2UnNodwONa0nD2o
Late Oregon A.G. Dave Frohnmayer and Both D.A. Doug Harcleroad, Alex Gardner with the Lane County Sheriff, trapped me in a criminal record since 1987. They have changed first letter in my first name to “S” So I couldn’t expunged it!!
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My life with Liberal Klans in Oregon!
Arab/Muslim Americans are treated less than animals! We are called Sand N…
We are being prosecuted in a daily basis! High tech lynching, institutionally racism! Especially for Arab women!!
Oregon late A.G. Dave Frohnmayer had my SS# blocked & prevented me from getting employed, made me homeless and jobless!
Dave Frohnmayer was the one who started & initiated the fraud of Foreclosed-houses & taking over our homes!
His bank robber Rep.Bob Ackerman, Doug McCool, UO Prof. Margaret Hallock. Hired Scarlet Lee/Barnhart Associates. Forged my family’s signature. Gave our fully paid Condo to the thief Broker Bob Ogle, his mom Karen Ogle was working in the USA Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She administered the power of attorney to have my sister signature, added her son to the deed. Sold without my signature!
Bob Ackerman had never responded to the Summon from the Court, and the sheriff never served me or arrested him either!!
ThIs is what kind of criminal government we have in Oregon!!
Arrest Rep. Bob Ackerman, Doug McCool, Broker Bob Ogle, his mom Karen Ogle, Scarlet Lee/Barnhart Associates, UO Prof. Margaret Hallock, Wells Fargo
Both D.A. Doug Harcleroad, Alex Gardner told me they have NO JURISDICTION on Frohnmayer! Oregon criminal Officials are complicit with these crimes against me!
Both EPD, Lane County Sheriff Dept. and the FBI had been told to step down from investigating the bank robber Rep. Bob Ackerman & the rest of Lane County Criminal Officials are complicit with him!!
I ran five times for public offices! Voter Fraud & Sedition by Lane County government to protect & cover up for the two criminals Frohnmayer & Ackerman!!
Oregon government is complicit with their crimes!!
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Please sign petition.
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Dave Frohnmayer was going to kill me by sending some fabricated story after he called the manager where I used to live to tell her he was waiting for him to pick him up from the Airport! Then Frohnmayer sent me a team of Doctors for Mental health to Evaluate me!
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The most Criminal Official of Oregon late A.G. Dave Frohnmayer had deleted and removed all the record from Lane County that shows I’d changed my name to Nadia Sindi then he lift my old name Faika M. Sindi and changed the first letter of my name made it Saika Findi!! and trapped me with a Criminal record since 1987!!