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The racial make up of a state is due to its history. Oregon would be far more diverse today were it not for the harsh treatment of the Native Americans and the expulsion of the Japanese. I believe strongly that the vicious reaction to renaming the Interstate to Cesar Chavez boulevard had a racial component to it. The white majority are uncomfortable with the presence of brown skinned, black haired people speaking a different language. If the Native Americans had not been killed off or "removed", white Oregonians might not be so bothered by the Hispanics, many of whom are Indians or of Indian descent.

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