Open AccessLearning to Ally: Partnerism and the Portland Protests
Author(s) -
L. Baker
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
interdisciplinary journal of partnership studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2380-8969
DOI - 10.24926/ijps.v7i2.3440
Subject(s) - social justice , white (mutation) , criminology , general partnership , economic justice , sociology , media studies , focus (optics) , political science , gender studies , law , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , physics , optics
While the Black Lives Matter protests in Portland, Oregon have been largely portrayed in the media as destructive, violent, chaotic, and without focus, many participants experienced something entirely different. This article shares one white person’s experience in a number of racial justice gatherings and protests in Portland from June until August 2020, on the ground and on the “front lines” – in the spirit of and with a focus on social justice, community, and caring, and through a partnership studies (partnerism) lens.