PORTLAND, Ore. — A new city policy requiring public signs on brick buildings warning they might collapse in an earthquake is part of a long history of white supremacy aimed at forcing black people to move out of neighbourhoods, the NAACP of Portland, Oregon, says. The group on Thursday decried the policy affecting some 1,600 unreinforced masonry buildings that are on average 90 years old, many in areas with a predominantly black population, The Oregonian/OregonLive reports . The NAACP said the policy will make it tougher for owners of brick buildings to get loans and will discourage investment. Mondaine, a pastor at Celebration Tabernacle Church in north Portland and president of the Portland NAACP chapter. “That’s the purpose behind it.”The warning signs are to go up on public buildings this month, and on most other buildings by March 1.

Source: National Post January 05, 2019 18:35 UTC