Rather than reacting on such a broad topic through a comment, here I posit that the beast's underbelly is more grotesque than even the author's wildest scenario.  While it may be "...frustrating to work for justice, and see your systemic work undone. Institutional betrayal and blindness to such betrayals can raise your blood pressure, and make you blind with rage," the assumption that systematic justice work is welcomed in this community is not borne out by the historical record.  After all, how else to explain:  1.  The metastatic infestation of swastikas across various parts of Lane County; 2.  The gutting--by almost all Lane County public agencies--of the programmatic initiatives aimed at curing the current effects of past discriminatory actions; 3.  This community's swing & a miss attitude towards these kinds of initiatives during the 1990s etc.?