PORTLAND'S BLACK COMMUNITY IS DISPROPORTIONALLY AFFECTED BY
THIS VIOLENCE.
THIS VIOLENCE. HERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM
IMPACTING BLACK PEOPLE AND
OTHERS OF COLOR, SYSTEMIC
RACISM.
RACISM.
RACISM. IT IS A TERM I KNOW YOU HAVE
HEARD A TON ABOUT, OVER THE
PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
NOT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IT
REALLY MEANS, OR HOW WE ALL FIT
INTO THE
>>
>> Reporter: THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD HAS FORCED MANY TO
REFLECT ON WHAT RACISM LOOKS
LIKE IN OUR COUNTRY.
IT IS NOT EASY, MOST OF US HAVE
BEEN TAUGHT ABOUT RACISM
THROUGH A NARROW LENS, BUT IT
IS NOT THAT SIMPLE.
RACISM TAKES MANY FORMS.
BEFORE WE CAN PART OF THE
SOLUTION WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
THE PROBLEM.
THE PROBLEM. CEO PORTLAND'S CENTER FOR
EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND CEO OF
NORTHSTAR CONSULTING HAVE
DEDICATED THEIR CAREERS TO
EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY WITH
AN UNDERSTANDING OF RACISM, TO
CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE
THAT RACISM ISN'T ONE SIZE FITS
ALL AND IN HER WORKSHOPS SHE
BREAKS DOWN RACISM INTO FOUR
DIMENSIONS, INTERNALIZED,
DIMENSIONS, INTERNALIZED, INTERPERSONAL, INSTITUTIONAL
INTERPERSONAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND SYSTEMIC.
AND SYSTEMIC. >> THE PERSON THAT YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND IS THE FACT THAT
LIKE YOU ARE -- YOU HAVE
NORMALIZED RACISM ALREADY IN
YOUR PRACTICE, THE WAY IN WHICH
YOU WERE EDUCATED, THE WAY IN
WHICH YOU WERE TAUGHT THROUGH
YOUR JOB OF THE WAY IN WHICH WE
ENGAGE IT ON THE STREET.
AND WE THINK ABOUT BEING
ANTIRACIST OR ANTIRACISM ON
THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS
OF RACISM, WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS ALL OF
OUR RESPONSIBILITY, TO DO THIS
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. >>
WORK. >> THERE IS INTERNALIZED
RACISM, OUR OWN THOUGHTS,
FEELINGS, ACTIONS, CONSCIOUS
AND UNCONSCIOUS AS AN
INDIVIDUAL.
INDIVIDUAL. THIS RACISM EXISTS AND THINGS
LIKE A BELIEF IN NEGATIVE
RACIAL STEREOTYPES.
RACIAL STEREOTYPES. TO LINE DENYING SERVICES OR
DENYING IT EXISTS.
THEN INTERPERSONAL RACISM, X
BETWEEN ONE PERSON AND ANOTHER.
THIS IS HOW WE ARE TAUGHT TO
SEE RACISM, HOW ONE PERSON IS
TREATING ANOTHER.
TREATING ANOTHER. HARASSMENT, DISCRIMINATION FROM
A BOSS, A RACIST RANT CAUGHT ON
CELL PHONE VIDEO.
>> I GREW UP WITH THIS IDEA OF
RACE AND RACISM BEING THE
EXCEPTION TO THE RULE THAT THE
GENERAL RULE WAS WE LIVE IN A
SOCIETY THAT THEY ARE DOING
SOMETHING CONTRARY TO THE NORM.
I THINK WE CAN START THERE WITH
HEY, HOW HAVE WE BEEN TAUGHT TO
THINK ABOUT OR UNDERSTAND RACE
OR RACISM?
OR RACISM? >> THERE IS INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM, SOME USE THIS TERM IN
GESTATIONAL RACISM.
GESTATIONAL RACISM. INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IS
CONNECTED TO THE POLICIES AND
PRACTICES THAT REINFORCE RACIST
STANDARDS WITHIN A WORKPLACE OR
ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION. THIS CAN BE SEEN IN
DISCRIMINATORY HIRING
DISCRIMINATORY HIRING PRACTICES, SILENCING OF VOICES
IN THE BOARD ROOM OR A WALK
SUCH AS A WHITE POINT OF VIEW.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO SYSTEMIC
RACISM, THIS IS HOW THE OTHER
THREE DIMENSIONS ARE ALLOWED TO
THRIVE IN OUR SOCIETY, ONLY AND
IN THE SHADOWS.
>> WHEN YOU GET TO SYSTEMIC
RACISM, YOU THINK ABOUT THIS IS
THE RACISM THAT HAS BEEN
NORMALIZED, AND ALL THE SYSTEMS
IN WHICH WE ENGAGE IN.
>> WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SYSTEMIC
RACISM I THINK ABOUT POLICIES
AND PRACTICES, I THINK ABOUT A
CULTURE THAT SUPPORTS THE
RACIAL ARRANGEMENT.
RACIAL ARRANGEMENT. >> SYSTEMIC RACISM INVOLVED ALL
OF OUR INSTITUTIONS, EDGY
PATIENT, HEALTHCARE, HOUSING,
GOVERNMENT AND MORE.
COLLECTIVELY UPHOLDING RACIST
POLICIES, IT IS THE RIPPLE
EFFECT FROM HUNDREDS OF YEARS
OF RACIST AND DISCRIMINATED
TOWARD PURCHASES THAT PLAYS OUT
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. TO
TODAY. TO SEE THE IMPACT OF SYSTEMIC
RACISM, SHE SAYS LOOK AT THE
STATISTICS.
STATISTICS. >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE
RACIALIZED PREDICTABILITY IT IS
IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THE
MAGNIFICATION OF OUR LIKELIHOOD
OF BEING PLACED INTO PRISONS,
BEING PLACED IN RESTRICTED
ENVIRONMENTS AND DYING, BASED
OFF OF YOU KNOW, OUR RACIAL
IDENTITY, OUR ETHNIC IDENTITY,
AND ALL OF THESE OTHER MARKERS
THAT COMPRISE OF OUR IDENTITY.
>> AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE
INCARCERATED AT MORE THAN FIVE
TIMES THE RATE OF WHITES,
ACCORDING TO THE NAACP,
ALTHOUGH AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND
HISPANICS MAKE UP 32% OF THE
U.S. POPULATION, THEY MADE UP
56% OF ALL INCARCERATED PEOPLE
IN 2015.
IN 2015.
IN 2015. AS FOR HEALTHCARE, IN 2017,
10.6% OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE
COMPARED WITH 5.9% OF NON-
HISPANIC WHITES.
HISPANIC WHITES. IN 2018, 8.7% OF AFRICAN-
AMERICAN ADULTS RECEIVED MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES.
HEALTH SERVICES. THIS IS COMPARED WITH 18.6
PERCENT OF NON-HISPANIC WHITE
ADULTS.
ADULTS.
ADULTS. >> AS A BLACK WOMAN, AS I AM
ENTERING INTO THESE PHASES, IT
IS NOT MY BLACKNESS THAT IS THE
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. IT IS THE SYSTEM, THE IMPACT OF
THE SYSTEM THAT INTERACTS WITH
ME BECAUSE OF MY BLACKNESS.
>> GREEN SAYS IF WE ARE ABLE TO
PREDICT THE LEFT EXPECT TO SEE
A PEOPLE BASED ON SOMEONE'S
RACE, ZIP CODE, AND
NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT MULTIPLE
SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION ARE IN
PLACE TO MAKE IT A REALITY.
MANY WHITE PEOPLE DO NOT SEE
SYSTEMIC RACISM BECAUSE THEY
ARE SIMPLY NOT LOOKING.
HE ARGUES IF YOU ARE BRACED HAD
BENEFITED, IT IS DIFFICULT TO
CHALLENGE THAT NOTION.
>> I THINK SOMETIMES, THERE IS
BOTH A COMFORT LEVEL AND
PRIVILEGE, TO NOT HAVE TO LOOK
WERE OTHERS ARE FORCED TO DEAL
WITH THAT STRATIFICATION
EVERYDAY, FORCED TO DEAL WITH
THAT IN EVERY INTERACTION THAT
WE HAVE.
WE HAVE.
WE HAVE. WHITE FOLKS HAVE THE PRIVILEGE
OF NOT HAVING TO THAT.
>> GREEN HAS A DIFFERENT TAKE
ON IT, SHE SAYS THE EVIDENCE OF
SYSTEMIC RACISM IS ALL AROUND
US.
US.
US. >>
US. >> IT
US. >> IT HAS BEEN HEARD AND IT HAS
BEEN PUSHED TO THE SIDE.
IT HAS BEEN REFUTED, IT HAS
BEEN DENIED CREDIBILITY.
>> SHE SAID IT IS PERPETUATED
BY OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY
AND PROGRESS FOR PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
COLOR.
COLOR. >>
COLOR. >> THERE IS A PERPETUATION OF A
SANITIZED HISTORY THAT WE HAVE
TO INTERRUPT, THAT EVEN THOUGH
THESE CONVERSATIONS I THINK ARE
CLEARLY BEING HAD OVER
GENERATIONS OVER CENTURIES, WE
HAVE, AS A SOCIETY, WE HAVE
DEALT COMFORTABLE WITH IGNORING
WHAT HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF US.
>> IF WE TAKE THE TIME TO
EDUCATE OURSELVES, RECOGNIZE
OUR IMPLICIT BIAS AND OPEN OUR
EYES TO HOW WE GOT HERE, THAT
IS WHEN YOU CAN FULLY WORK
TOWARD CHANGE AND EQUALITY.
>> WE CAN BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT,
OKAY, HOW DO I BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE
COMMUNITIES, SO THAT THEY COULD
HELP INFORM OUR SPACES NEED IN
ORDER FOR THEM TO