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history you don't learn in school

Date: June 07, 2002 | 25 Rabi al-Awwal 1423 Hijriah
Blog: veiled4allah
Subjects: history
My mom sent me a letter from her vacation. She and my dad are heading out to Yellowstone National Park. Along the way, they passed through Oregon. They visited the Oregon Trail museum. This is what my mom wrote:

"A professor from Portland State University gave a talk on the black experience in Oregon which was most enlightening. The original settlers did not allow blacks and 'Orientals' [probably Chinese] to settle in the territory, own property or enter into contracts. This was in the 1840s, prior to the Civil War. Owners were not allowed to bring slaves into the territory. By excluding blacks, the white settlers hoped to escape the racial tensions and problems back east.

"When the state constitution was adopted the prohibition on blacks and 'Orientals' was part of it. These discriminatory provisions were not repealed until 1926 even though they were made inoperable by the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the federal constitution!! Seems the good people of Oregon still fostered grand ideas of a white man's paradise.

"Which is why Oregon had virtually no black population until after World War II. Those blacks who came on the Oregon Trail and after settled north of the Columbia River in Washington. And to think Oregon has a reputation as such a liberal, free-thinking state. Although a recent governor did say his policy was 'visit Oregon but don't move here.'"

It's strange and sad how quickly Americans forget the racist past.
~ Posted by Al-Muhajabah, a member of the reality-based community, at 01:21 AM

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