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Discrimination and Displacement in Portland
21:41 - 25:31 (03:49)
The city of Portland used federal funds to bulldoze black-owned homes and businesses in 1956, and a 1990 investigation revealed that local banks were granting loans to black Oregonians at significantly lower rates than to white people with the intent of keeping black people out of certain neighborhoods.
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The city of Portland approved the construction of an arena and an expressway in 1956, which led to the destruction of over 476 black-owned homes.
21:41 - 22:32 (00:50)
Summary
The city of Portland approved the construction of an arena and an expressway in 1956, which led to the destruction of over 476 black-owned homes. Additionally, federal funds were used to expand a hospital in Portland, bulldozing 76 acres of black-owned homes and businesses.
ChapterDiscrimination and Displacement in Portland
EpisodePart One: Oregon is a Bastard: The History of a White Supremacist State
PodcastBehind the Bastards
This podcast segment discusses the displacement of homes and people during freeway construction near the Memorial Coliseum in Portland.
22:32 - 24:10 (01:38)
Summary
This podcast segment discusses the displacement of homes and people during freeway construction near the Memorial Coliseum in Portland. The construction mainly affected upper middle class Caucasian homes while a long freeway project was built around the arena that bisected the city.
ChapterDiscrimination and Displacement in Portland
EpisodePart One: Oregon is a Bastard: The History of a White Supremacist State
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Redlining, a discriminatory bank practice that refused mortgage loans to Black applicants, was widespread in Portland in the 70s and 80s.
24:10 - 25:31 (01:20)
Summary
Redlining, a discriminatory bank practice that refused mortgage loans to Black applicants, was widespread in Portland in the 70s and 80s. Additionally, there were police shootings of Black men and instances of Portland police leaving dead animals in front of Black-owned restaurants during the same period.