It's asked a lot, but I encourage you to speak from your heart Charles.    It's one of the few time some of these people get to hear a black voice.    People need to know the hurt and pain of racial discrimination at a personal level- at Charles level.   You don't represent all black opinion,(any more than I represent all white people),  but you offer a very real story of prejudice for a black person.   I hope you tell us just how it's affected your life in Eugene, use real personal experience.