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Oregon county creates race-specific 'grounding space' to escape 'whiteness' during pandemic
The April 5 "situation report" from the Multnomah County Office of Emergency Operations Center announced that the "Emergency Operations Center Equity Officer is hosting a grounding space for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) employees to share, heal, connect, and get grounded in a space that is not dominated by whiteness." To read a portion of the Emergency Operations Center bulletin, click the pdf below. Multnomah County, Oregon coronavirus manual.pdf Heather Mac Donald, a Stanford-trained attorney and fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research who writes about policing, homeless advocacy, criminal-justice reform and race relations, told Just the News that Multnomah County’s actions are particularly disturbing during a time of emergency. Posted by: Besoeker 2020-05-02 |
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