Portland family’s path to ‘red house’ foreclosure was long, filled with bizarre twists
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
With protesters’ occupation of the North Portland neighborhood around the so-called “Red House on Mississippi” rounding its fourth day, it remains unclear if there is a peaceful path to resolving a conflict that started two years ago, when a mixed-race family’s long-time home was foreclosed on by their lender, leading law enforcement to try to remove them on Tuesday.
The Kinney family and their supporters have cast the fight as a continuation of the long saga of gentrification, discrimination and predatory subprime lending that has gutted Portland’s historically Black neighborhoods and replaced them with yuppified apartments and condos.
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Multnomah County Man Accuses Oregon Robotics Group of Racial Discrimination in New Lawsuit The plaintiff says he is the only Black employee, and that staff referred to him as the “equity and inclusion coordinator” even though that wasn t his job. Robot. (Saundra Castaneda) Updated December 11, 2020 A Multnomah County man filed a lawsuit Dec. 9 accusing his employer, the Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach Program, of racial discrimination and retaliation. Court records say Dominique DeWeese began work as an outreach and volunteer coordinator for the nonprofit in September 2017. He was the only Black employee, court records say.