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August 02, 2023 Page 9 Opinion articles do not necessarily represent the views of the Portland Observer. We welcome reader essays, photos and story ideas. Submit to news@portlandobserver.com. o The Need For By: Ullysses Tucker, Jr. Despite President Joe Biden’s recent signing of a proclamation honoring the late Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley, the cancer of racism in this country has metastasized and is perhaps beyond chemotherapy. The White House has designated the river site, the Tallahatchie River where his body was found, County Second District Courthouse and Chicago's Roberts Tem- ple Church of God in Christ, as part of a national monument, recognizing both the history of racial violence and the need for legal justice in this country. Whether it’s Paternalistic, Symbolic, Cultural, Intrinsic, Extrinsic, Institutional, Everyday, Individual, Modern, Competi- tive, Symbolic, or Aversive as described in her book (Understanding Everyday Racism: An Interdisciplinary Theory) so eloquently by Critical Race, Gender and Leadership Studies Philomena Johan- na Maria Essed at Antioch University (Ohio); racism exists in its own poisoned and protected world of misinformation and ignorance. Its fires of destruction are stoked by stereotypes and cruel mythology. Unfortunately, at the root of such in- tense convictions is a complex attitude of racial superiority, negative percep- tions about various cultures or groups, and a value system that promotes maintaining dominance. Man piNioN Linked Justice to Deaths of Four Women... Continued from Page 3 Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley As the United Nation of people steam fairness. Indeed, we are Baskin Robbins rolls further ahead into this century and as a country, 31 plus flavors with new become increasingly minority, it is im- one’s evolving daily and each is very perative that people take a long hard special in their own right! look at race relations, especially after Ullysses Tucker, Jr. is a retired fund- the upcoming election cycle as well as raiser/development professional around become more inclusive, tolerant, and the USA and Europe, Adjunct Professor provide minorities with equal oppor- of Communication at SUNY-Plattsburgh, tunities. Not only do colleges, corpo- Portland (Oregon) Community College, rations, and communities have an ob- Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Uni- ligation to cultivate healthy spaces or versity of Maine-Orono. environments for minorities; each indi- He is also a University of Portland vidual has a responsibility too. graduate (M.A. 82’ and B.A. 79’) and Every human being has the right to former contributor to the Portland Ob- be treated with dignity, respect, and with server newspaper. Your Stories. Your Opinions. Your Community. All in one place. The Portland Observer Online www.portlandobserver.com ed on June 6 by members of two sheriff’s departments with U.S. Marshals Service assisting, the official said. The bodies of Kristin Smith, 22; Charity Perry, 24; Bridget Webster, 31; and Ashley Real, 22, were found over a three-month period in wooded areas, under a bridge and in a culvert in a roughly 100-mile (160-ki- lometer) radius, spanning from rural Polk County southwest of Portland to the Co- lumbia River Gorge, east of the city. Real’s body was the latest one found, on May 7. Her father, Jose Real, told The Associated Press on Friday that he called police on Nov. 11 after she showed up, cry- ing, at his Portland home, saying she had been choked by Calhoun. She had marks on her throat, he said, and he took her to a hospital. A Portland police officer took an initial report from Real and his daughter and she gave the officer Calhoun’s name. Police wanted her to help find him but she was scared to do so, he said. Because the location of the alleged as- sault was outside Portland police jurisdic- tion, the department referred the case to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. Real said he never heard back from the sheriff’s office, even though he and his wife called repeatedly. Details of the attack were first reported by the Oregonian/OregonLive.
