ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「How did Portland, Oregon — one of America’s whitest cities — become the center of Black Lives Matter protests? “There are more Black Lives Matter signs in Portland than Black people,” said Seyi Fasoranti, a Black chemist who recently moved to Oregon from the East Coast. Loud advocacy has been a hallmark of Portland life for decades, but unlike environmental policies or foreign wars, racism is a more complicated topic in Oregon, one that is intertwined with demographics and the state’s legacy of some of the most brutal anti-Black laws in the nation. Yet despite the state’s dark and brutal racist history, the protests have been overwhelmingly attended by white demonstrators. Joe Lowndes, an expert on right-wing politics and race at the @uoregon, said the protests reflected an intertwining of interests in recent years between racial justice advocates and the largely white anti-fascist movement. Both are deeply distrustful of the police and want police powers and budgets curtailed. The presence of far-right groups in Oregon, emboldened during the Trump administration, has also brought anti-racists and anti-fascists into closer alignment, he said. Xavier Warner, a Black protest organizer, called the predominance of white protesters “a beautiful thing” that speaks to the progressive ethos in the city. Tap on the link in our bio to read more. Photo by @octaviojones」7月25日 3時20分