Like a rider wrestling a bull beneath bright lights, reconciling national narratives is not a pastime for the faint of heart.
Tag: Portland (Ore)
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These Cowboys Build a New Juneteenth Tradition at a Rodeo in Portland
The cowboy is “a shorthand for independence and grit and all of these things about America,” an organizer said. “But then you combine it with Black culture, and it just wiggles your brain.”
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‘Everybody Is Welcome Here’
Kaig Lightner founded the Portland Community Football Club to give local youth an inexpensive chance to play. When he came out as transgender, they gave him a place to belong.