Women of color
Subtitle: how to live in the City of Roses and avoid the pricks
By: Tonya L. Jones and crew
Contributors: Camper, Cathy
Publisher: the editor
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 14
Subjects: Minority women; Social conditions; African American women; Arab American women; Racism
Description: This compilation zine features perspectives of women of color about race in Portland, Oregon. Their stories discuss passive-aggressive racism," hipster racism," or how alternative culture breeds racism, the lack of appropriately colored clothing for women of color, and the gentrification of Portland. The zine also includes multicultural resources for the Portland area.
Notes: Purchased at the Women of Color Zine Symposium in 2012.
Table of contents: title: 12 paradoxical commandments of being a Black woman born and raised in the thorny City of Roses, Portland, Oregon  -- The Lady; title: Borthwick Street (childhood love)  -- Tonya L. Jones; title: Half-Lebanese : colors for people of color  -- Cathy Camper; title: Portland's passive-aggressive racism -- Tonya L. Jones.