• Disparate Rates of Minority Confinement - African-Americans are more than five times as likely to be incarcerated than whites in the state of Oregon. p. 79-80
  • Racial Profiling - Oregon studies have found that public perception indicates that African-Americans and Latinos are more likely to be stopped. Evidence from Oregon State Police and the city of Portland have found that a disproportionate number of African-Americans and Latinos are stopped and searched by the police. p. 62-63
  • Enforcement of Anti-Discrimination Laws By the States - The government overstates funding and support that civil rights commissions receive. Oregon's Civil Rights Division and the Bureau of Labor Industries suffered greatly under budget cuts, as did the Commissions on Black Affairs, Women's Affairs and Asian Affairs. p. 41

  • Learn More:
    ACLU of Oregon
    New ACLU Report Details Pervasive Racial Discrimination in America: ACLU of Oregon Challenges 'Whitewashed' U.S. Report

    Press:
    The Register-Guard: ACLU Raps Discrimination Report