tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361785784498692060.post7735942427932449541..comments2023-09-27T01:25:34.993-07:00Comments on DAWG Oregon: Racism in PortlandDavid McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02023134941731366721noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3361785784498692060.post-42586131856377768742010-09-14T03:04:01.169-07:002010-09-14T03:04:01.169-07:00This post was just a random find for me but I have...This post was just a random find for me but I have one thing I'd like to say about it:<br /><br />Bravo! <br /><br />It is heartening to see these kinds of results for such heinous employer & employee behavior. At the same time it doesn't address more subtle forms of exclusion. The film and television industry in Portland, for example, is blindingly white and there is almost no outreach or deliberate attempt to expand minority participation within the industry.<br /><br />Another peeve of mine is this "Creative Class" agenda (modeled after Richard Florida's 'The Rise of the Creative Class') which acknowledges the lack of racial equity only when directly confronted. And then, only superficially. I discovered this when I brought the issue up at an Arts organization public forum on the "Creative Class" model. Over 60 people in the room and not one of them African American, Native American or Hispanic. Clicking tongues and sighs of, "oh boy, here we go with the crackpots" were audible. Fortunately Sam Adams–the featured speaker–acknowledged my point. Unfortunately he offered no suggestions as to how the situation might be remedied.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com