Scenes from a Portland Protest: 'I’m Not Here for Fucking Clapping.'
Oregon has a unique and darkly racist past. The state was founded as a bastion for white separatists on the eve of the Civil War. Though invalidated by the 14th amendment, the black exclusion clause of the state constitution remained on the books into the 1920s. The state’s system of non-unanimous criminal jury convictions — which often have the effect of invalidating the dissent of lone jurors of color — was in effect until it was ruled unconstitutional this year.
After a weekend of violent clashes and property damage, which spurred Mayor Ted Wheeler to impose a curfew on this city of 650,000, some 200 protesters gathered on Monday afternoon in front of the federal courthouse and in the park across the street. The activists raised fists and waved signs — “Prioritize Black Lives Over White Comfort”; “White Silence is Deafening”; “COVID-19 Will Resolve;The protest is peaceful — and too timid for some.
A young white man, tall with a sleeve of tattoos, engages her. “We’re going to get bigger,” he offers. “We had 5,000 people here last night.” Shaking her head, the woman pushes the largely white crowd to get out of its comfort zone. “Interrupt traffic! Interrupt their game,” she yells. “I’m not here for fuc
king clapping. Somebody beeps? That’s nothing! That’s not going to end racism,” she adds, exasperation in her voice. “That’s not going to make my black ass safe.”“C’mon! Get in the streets! Interrupt traffic,” she pleads. “Every day. Every day. Every day.
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