Tissue Paper Houses Just Don't Cut It: Addressing Gentrification, Housing Discrimination, and Institutionalized Racism in Portland, Oregon
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2021
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Keyhole Press
Abstract
The state of Oregon has tried to break away from its dark history
of racism, exclusion, and erasure by fronting as an inclusive safe haven. But
inclusion is far from the truth. Gentrification and redlining have torn apart
communities that were built in spite of the state’s racist past. Thousands of
Oregonians have subsequently been displaced, like many from past generations.
This article looks to historical papers, personal accounts, Census
demographics, city development plans, and scholarly research to examine
how the attitudes surrounding race have shaped the lives and dynamics of
people in Oregon.
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Recommended Citation: McCarthy, Madeline. “Tissue Paper Houses Just Don't Cut It: Addressing Gentrification, Housing Discrimination, and Institutionalized Racism in Portland, Oregon.” Royal Road, 2021. https://doi.org/10.48497/PCB5-H979.
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Gentrification, Redlining, Systemic racism, Displacement, Portland
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McCarthy, Madeline. “Tissue Paper Houses Just Don't Cut It: Addressing Gentrification, Housing Discrimination, and Institutionalized Racism in Portland, Oregon.” Royal Road, 2021. https://doi.org/10.48497/PCB5-H979.