As amused as I have been at the social media reaction to Solange beating Jay-Z’s ass, I find my amusement problematic. If the tables were turned and we had just as little information as we do now, I would be horrified and calling for his head, not laughing.
Most of what I read today is happy-making. Not all, so I’ll get the bad news out of the way, first. Like most cities, Portland looks one way on television and another way to the black people who live there. Mitchell S. Jackson writes about his experiences as a black person growing up in Portland.…
