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Oregon county creates race-specific 'grounding space' to escape 'whiteness' during pandemic
2020-05-02
[Just the News] In a daily report dedicated to news updates and guidance for county employees fighting the coronavirus, an Oregon county in the Portland area said it was creating a safe "grounding space" for minority staff to escape a predominant "whiteness."

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

#16  ^ new state of Jefferson in northernmost Calif.
+ new states of:

..West Michigan
..South Virginia
..North New York
Posted by: Lex   2020-05-02 19:06  

#15  State of Jefferson should be looking mighty good to Southern Oregon right about now
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2020-05-02 19:01  

#14  Sue for racism. Make them play by their own rules
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-05-02 17:05  

#13  Portland = where Far Left converges with Far Right at the nadir of stupidity

^ picture a circle, not a pyramid
Posted by: Lex   2020-05-02 15:03  

#12  Is there a big shiny knob to grab, the one hooked straight up to the power station? A good grounding will eliminate any and all cares they have. Course, there will be the smell of burnt long pig around but I'm sure they won't mind.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2020-05-02 14:57  

#11  I always thought that "Grounding Space" was another name for "Cemetary", no?
Posted by: AlanC   2020-05-02 14:45  

#10  ^Portland is the whitest big city in America, so naturally every other lawn has a Black Lives Matter sign on it. Which is about the equivalent of me putting up a "Martian Lives Matter" sign. I promise to be nice to the next Martian I see.
Posted by: Matt   2020-05-02 13:26  

#9  I'd suggest they be helped, by keeping them in the 'grounding space' indefinitely. Picket it from outside. Let them 'connect' to heart's content there. And why just appoint 'Equity Officers' for staff ? Why not a 'Grounding Enforcement Division' for cities ?

"Get away from that white woman, sir ! It's for your own good."
Posted by: Dron66046   2020-05-02 13:21  

#8  Down $1. Not To Bee.
Posted by: Lex   2020-05-02 10:55  

#7  a safe "grounding space" for minority staff to escape a predominant "whiteness."

No masks required.
Crowd up there.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-05-02 10:51  

#6  “While you’re in your grounding space, the rest of us will be over here, deciding things and getting things done.”
Posted by: KBK   2020-05-02 09:31  

#5  Will they have 'white' and 'colored' drinking fountains and restrooms too? How about 'white' and 'colored' lucheon counters?
Jim Crow is alive and well in Democratic dominated Oregon.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2020-05-02 09:10  

#4  At least they know how to prioritize in the face of crisis.
Posted by: Cesare   2020-05-02 08:01  

#3  Any excuse to send them back to the back of the bus?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-05-02 04:17  

#2  Whites are relegated to the front of the bus?
Posted by: Pliny Flish4364   2020-05-02 02:49  

#1  Excellent news! Atlanta and Fulton County, GA. 'Grounding Space' approaching operational capacity.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-05-02 01:45  

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