oh, there's a long and anguished history there with the Oregonian. i can distinctly remember 1992, when the oral-groanian managed to not only loudly endorse Measure 9 (rememember, "abnormal, wrong, unnatural and perverse"?) but also completely cock up the murder of a relative of mine, as well as a gay man she lived with, in a firebombing that the media generally excused as anything but skinhead activity even though the defendants were fucking covered in swastikas and the fuckers weren't Native.
i'll dig it up. i think there's a digital copy out there somewhere. let's just say it really pissed off my essentialist, biology iz destiny omg journalism prof.
mind, hattie mae had been dealing with people vandalizing her shit with "nigger," "fag," "fag-lover," and "dyke" alike; trying to downplay it to JUST RACIAL VIOLENCE or JUST DRUNK KIDS (and convincing a jury to let them off with relative slaps on the wrist...22 years?) is pretty much all part of the "fun." Former Governor Barbara Roberts put it best (http://www.sos.state.or.us/archives/governors/Roberts/legis1993.html) in stating "The type of bias that fueled both the hatred and flames doesn’t really matter. The cost is the same. The bigotry is a carbon copy, regardless of the victim."
Okay, I remember this case now. I remember all kinds of violence starting up, and some of the violence against OCA people was clearly staged to make them look like victims.
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i'll dig it up. i think there's a digital copy out there somewhere. let's just say it really pissed off my essentialist, biology iz destiny omg journalism prof.
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I've had relatives who have worked for the Oregonian - in delivery and sales - and they were treated like shit.
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conviction: http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930409&slug=1695137
mind, hattie mae had been dealing with people vandalizing her shit with "nigger," "fag," "fag-lover," and "dyke" alike; trying to downplay it to JUST RACIAL VIOLENCE or JUST DRUNK KIDS (and convincing a jury to let them off with relative slaps on the wrist...22 years?) is pretty much all part of the "fun." Former Governor Barbara Roberts put it best (http://www.sos.state.or.us/archives/governors/Roberts/legis1993.html) in stating "The type of bias that fueled both the hatred and flames doesn’t really matter. The cost is the same. The bigotry is a carbon copy, regardless of the victim."
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God. :(