Eugene, Oregon: Truly the Hate Crime Capital? (Documentary)
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2020
- This documentary investigates the high hate crime rates in the city of Eugene, Oregon. The progressive college town has been reported by the FBI to have the highest number of hate crimes in the state, and some of the highest numbers of hate crimes per capita of any city in the United States. Are these numbers truly reflective of the atmosphere in Eugene, or could there be more to these statistics than meets the eye?
This project was created entirely by Karli Olson in partial fulfillment of the thesis requirements of the MA Journalism program at the University of Limerick.
Trigger warning: One use of n*****, discussion of racially-biased harassment
If you or anyone you know has been the victim of a hate crime or bias incident in the Eugene area, you can receive support through the Office of Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement.
Website: www.eugene-or.gov/3913/Human-...
Phone number: (541) 682-5177
Being a black guy who grew up in eugene and still lives here i can say i've had TWO overtly racist encounters in my 33 years here. Everyone here just likes to get offended by nothing. lol!
U got a white mum huh?
Except that it's worse than before and better than before... The only true African Americans are immigrants and my bi-Racial Sons do Not like being called anything of the kind and prefer just Americans/Black/bi-Racial
My G! Tell it how it is. One love one heart brother!!
@@lornakim5706 Your sons like being called bi-racial ? Lmao wtf
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LOL the main story they tell about a confederate flag wasn't even in Eugene. Get real people.
Eugene and Springfield are literally connected. You can drive for five minutes from downtown Eugene and you’ll be in Springfield already.
@@benahrens9062 they are literally 2 different cities. It doesn't matter how close they are.
@@MaharlikaAWA have you been to Eugene?
Very well done. Thank you!
Oh, you showed Spencer’s Butte when Skinners Butte was mentioned.
Yeah they got that wrong. There was a shot of Spencer's Butte not Skinner's Butte, poor documentary photography
This seems like a hit piece
*One Year Luego, & Not One of these Eugene MorRons, Ever came by,*
*to Leave a RePLy!!!!*
Sorry been here 3 years. This is stupid.
*PreTTy OBVIOUS who the StuPud Guy is!!!!*
This place is too beautiful for people to treat their neighbors this way! Enjoy where you are blessed to live. Show some love.
There were tensions there but I mostly stayed out of confrontations but I love the time zone I never got targeted on the streets once. Homeless people do carry knives that's something I was aware of
bro i been living here for a decade and a half and I'm black stop slandering my city on God me and my gang respectfully disagree 💯 😤 KNOW YOUR GANG !!
Right bro! 25 years and idk wtf these fools talking about.
@@Amadeus316 But people from Springfield and BFE come to Eugene, and a lot of minorities live in those outlying areas too. West Eugene can get rough. Many people who grew up in Oregon have had extremely limited interaction with Black people and culture. I've lived here 25 years and 45 in Oregon, and I remember why the SHARPS were formed - to protect Black (and gay) teens from being attacked by neo nazi boneheads at music venues.
@@Amadeus316 you haven’t been around Eugene/Springfield enough if you haven’t seen nazi skinheads out and about. That Klan shit goes back to the mid 20th century. These days it’s neo nazi kids who go around beating up homeless people and spray painting synagogues
@@jendaboarder Exactly. One would have to be really sheltered to not know of the strong neo nazi culture that is popular in Eugene and the surrounding areas
@@baptizednblood6813 okay! Whatever, you are right! I have never been back! That's why I live in Hawaii Nei! I'm just saying there is a lot more hell a racist places and cities in Oregon and the Mainland! the Neo Nazis are behind the woodwork everywhere in the United States! The Klan shit started in the South and was everywhere up there in the early to mid 20th century! There is deep rooted racism all over the US! Especially, small towns in California and Arizona and most states probably! I'm not sheltered either bra! It is what it is! If you want to find negativity its everywhere! Idk, I guess things might have changed in the new milinium since Trumpism. That goes for the whole Madland though! I remember buying ganja from an old Rastafarianan at the Saturday Market in Eugene, in 1988 and seeing the Reverend Jesse Jackson at the UofO around the same time, and watching 2Live Crew Me so horny tour(live) at Club Hollywood in downtown Eugene! Full on Twerking way before the word ever existed! Idk about black culture, but I'm pretty sure that counts for limited interaction with black people! Eugene was the Mecca of the counter- culture in the late 1960s and 70s( besides San Francisco) and still probably the most liberal city in the US! Besides SF.
THIS VID IS LYING I BEEN HERE HELLA YRS AND NOTHING LOL PROBABLY BECAUSE IM 6'4'' 200LBS AND DONT FUCK AROUND!!! LOL
But I had cans thrown at my car and I'm mixed with multiple in cultures I found out there more discriminate toward homeless then they are people by skin color
When I clicked on the video I was expecting a documentary made for a college class. That is definitely not the quality of this though. Outstanding production quality and your sources and interviews are outstanding.
@@Justin.Martyr this has nothing to do with religion
@@Justin.Martyr you need Jesus. Hell yeah brother amen.
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if it is so rasist how did you get in the local govt
I would love to go down to Saturday market and look around by the stuff. And there's nothing like going up to Skinner's Butte at night and looking at the city. It's priceless and that's something of a hole in my heart ❤️
I just moved here and it's different I'm not sure how long I will be here
Have you ever been to Southern Oregon though?!?!
I disagree I’ve been living here for 5 years now and I have never experienced anything remotely racist in my time here I actually believe these are some of the most kind hearted people I’ve ever seen in any state and I’ve been all over America 🇺🇸 don’t listen to this the culture of people here is amazing you should come see it’s beautiful 😍
Did u see what they did to there own city after George Floyd’s passing I don’t think that’s a sign of being racist ….
Blacks Lives Matter
No doubt they are friendly enough as long as they see you as one of their own - as long as you measure up to their ideas of what a *proper* person looks and acts like.
If you don’t measure up, though - that’s when things can get nasty.
Note that this is not limited to Eugene or Oregon. It can happen pretty much anywhere, or almost any time now or in the past.
I had to start dealing with not measuring up in early 1960, and in Souther California - due to being born disfigured and disabled - so I find what is said here to be altogether plausible.
I think it's druggies and truck dudes on the outskirts of town.
My family has lived in Eugene 75yrs. I've never even heard of any hate groups in this city. Went to school and have minority friends in this area. I've never seen them harassed nor have heard anything about hate crimes.
Further, I wish you the best. I love the state. I love all this wilderness and everything about it, except the politics that ruins the whole state 🤮
@@iGiax Democratic leadership in large cities ultra progressive, allowing hard substance drug abuse corrupt government
Never seen or heard of these “groups “ 🤷🏾♂️ been here twenty five years and been fairly deep and never experienced any of this
FOREAL LOL THIS VID IS A LIE LOL IM HERE NOW! AND IM BLACK!
@@respectknuckles428 right bro 🤣
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that black emoji and your white ass face arebt adding up. glad that since you’ve never experienced it we can now all say it doesn’t exist. - me, a black person
@@respectknuckles428 You still live there ?
As I approach my final days I weep. I had so hoped we would have become better people. I wish to see that but I don't think I shall, perhaps my son will. Our family came here in 1853. My great grandmother took in an orphaned native boy and raised him as her own. It was the right thing to do. I hope "the right thing to do" will win out in the end. Still so many that are not yet "We the people."
Not 'just' Racism, extremely murderous bigotry since Governor Lane in 1859+
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Whatever that's bullshit people are very nice down there
1:53 probably just a tweeker bro , happens every other day 😂☠️seriously tho there isn’t any problems here much worse then any other city in Oregon. And that type of shit happens anywhere you go not just here
Cool video! Are you on Bitchute?
*Mo Ron!!!!*
Me and my family was thinking about moving here from Modesto ca, we typically don’t really see racism from whites, we more so see it towards blacks🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ but the beauty of Oregon is calling me. We love who love us and mind our own, hopefully ppl bring loving thy neighbor in their hearts, and we can start trying to make this world a better place.
I grew up in Eugene class of 1986 Churchill high School go answers Lancers
At the 8:05 time in the video she tells you why the numbers are so high. They report every single little dirty look and minor offense. This is all just gaslighting.
Town of hippies, college kids, and wanna be cowboys. Apparently thin skin folk too.
You dont have to be there.come to california youre wellcome here.i live in california and had never experience that.thas why i love california our bussiness has prosper alot here im california and we all get along here.ans we help each other.
I was born in Springfield. Lived most of my life in Eugene. I left in '92. Went to Tennessee to join a family business flew back one year later but I will never go back. It's a crap hole. I feel sorry for my friends that still live there😢
The 2016 Irish census recorded 40,525 people of Black African ethnicity and 3,793 people of any other Black background resident in the Republic of Ireland out of a total population of 4,172,013, meaning that 1.06 percent of the population self-identified as Black. So I'm being told what a "racist" city Eugene is by white social justice warriors from a 2nd rate college in one of the "whitest" countries in the world. Excuse me , but "I must fart in your general direction". (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
If you can shape shift your fucking good, if you can't shape shift like this man then you would understand that hate crimes exist and socially subjective studies that tell you about how practitioners of humanity facilitate identifying themselves shows you it's a proudly diverse community that's literally all white 🏡 Most people don't know there history so they are forced to identify as white... I've lived her 21 years dude
@@silasoverton5879 "practitioners of humanity"? What TF are you talking about. "forced to identify as white"? Don't tell me, let me guess......"Yer one a 'dem 'der edumacated college kids, ain't ya.
@@geezitshuge I must be going crazy if I don't think you're just trying to persuade me that we're all family in a human context regardless of race, gender, class or religion.
@@silasoverton5879 Ugh, Stop!!!! There's an old saying...."It is better to keep quiet and pretend the "fool", than to open your mouth and end all doubt."
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None of this has anything to do with why I wouldn't move back to Eugene or the other places in Oregon where I have lived. Wouldn't move back to Oregon at all.
*It has been now 5-Months since you Posted. Today is Dec. 23, 2022*
*NOT One of these Eugene MorRons has Ever RePLied to You!!!*
Why wouldn’t you?
I did find the Univ of Oregon duck football fans especially obnoxious.
This was very well done - beautiful production and very good commentary. I’ve lived In Eugene my whole life, I transitioned to female as a young teenager in a rural school. I was a victim of multiple hate crimes, harassment and physical violence. Yet there were equally as many kids in that school fighting back against the right wing extremism. Eugene is a beautiful city that is growing rapidly in population and in wealth. We have a great school system here, very good roads and relatively reasonable taxes all considered. We have a lot of liberals, a lot of republicans and just enough people in the middle to create in my mind a generally respectable local population. We don’t have much racial diversity, which is disappointing. I think we’re on the way to a better city with better access to resources needed to fix homelessness. We already have really good social programs when you look at our neighboring states and counties. Thank you for providing this CZcams video- I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope more people get to watch this.
As someone who has lived here most of my life it is very interesting to see this side of eugene. Most of the problems I see on a day to day is extreme and rising numbers of homeless and drug addiction, with crime related to that. I knew eugen is racist but It's eye opening to see light shed on it like this.
But the opinion expressed here is quite off. At least tbe comparison as the worst in Or. Salem is nazi central for all those hard core white nationalism & the proud boy, boogaloo types. Eugene pales in comparison but there are definitely a lot of those Drump freaks now adding to the hate & racial problems everywhere.
Oh okay, "in the state"
😢
Couple of news papers and a few good magazines and look what they project. BIAS or nah.
There are no Gangs in Eugene
Fresno CA has gangs
Damn, why are people from California moving to Oregon so much ? I'm about to go see the Olympic Track and Field Trials of 2021 should I cancel my trip? Damn ?! Humans can be so mean to Humans but "This is America"
Go on Kaotic and look at what happens in other countries. Things are peachy here.
Fun Fact: But for the Belushi Brothers we'd still be a sun downer town. The movie Animal House is what took the signs down.
what? please explain that's awesome
@@tricatfilms6136 The 1978 film Animal House with the late John Belushi was filmed in Eugene.
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Way to put bad vibes into the world and make people feel anxious as f. 🤷🏽♀️
Nice job. The quality of the documentary is quite good. 👍
Crum bum capitol of america im one of them
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This is really well made. I’d love to chat with you on my podcast about this project and reflect on it a year later. Let me know if you might be interested. My podcast is centered around Lane County based in Springfield.
Yes please let me know what's going on there
Asian imports. On 6 Ave.Ripped off a part and painted it saying they always painted the job they do. What a rip-off.
Bro this is crazy to me , this is the sweetest town I’ve ever been in like how can people even bring themselves to say these minuscule nit picked things.
*YOU are SKUUM is WHO & WUT YOU REALLY ARE!!!!*
The reason it might seem crazy is that you are not being *targeted…*
@@dennisyoung4631 do you think black people exclusively experience racism?
@@dennisyoung4631 So the racists only target certain people of color ? Lol
@@obijuankenobi420 no, more like they go after everyone who 1) does not look just like them; 2) does not act just like them; 3) was not born in the same circumstances/country/etc. just like them.
People governed by expediency have no principles beyond self advancement - so they will trade exceptions for eventual power. Once they get the power they are after, they will become rigid and exclusive - and discard their former *TOOLS.*
Nicely done Ms. Olson
Watch "There's no place like Springfield" - GI Joe. Sup cuzzo! My father Isa moron lol
Beyond stupid. For what purpose.....lmao
All of my experiences with racism have been in Oregon: Bandon, Madras, Klamath Falls, Roseburg, and Coquille. I was shocked because when I first arrived to Oregon, I thought it was a liberal, safe state. Well, that safety is only in the big cities just like Washington state.
Well done Karli, great piece.
Do you know anything about Eugene? Do you Live in Eugene?
*NiCoLe
I'm glad you are addressing this. I take issue with the white washing of the racism in Eugene. It is so much worse than you represented. I was born and raised there. You didn't even scape the top of the iceberg. I hope you do more research & make a follow up video. ❤️ Thank you for shining a light in this.
Lmao
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@@Justin.Martyr looks like I have a lot to laugh about. 😃
Karli, this is excellent work.
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Eugene is a lovely place but the Racism here is COVERT which is hard to analyze. The population is behind the cultural curve by at least 10 years. I moved here in 2007 and people were behind in terms of cultural exposure. In the past 14 years it has become more diverse. After George Floyd died, the outrage toward racism was high in Oregon. It effected Eugene to some degree but this place is a bubble. Most people are chill, reserved and friendly but not hateful. They are provincial.
Yeah eugene is great but too much hobo's downtown I personally live in between junction city and eugene and everything about eugene is great but downtown. Still go to downtown every once in a while because of sports.
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Being behind on the "cultural curve" sounds like just another way of saying white people here do not yet have the exposure to the diversity that you can find elsewhere. That is understandable though. It also is a condition found throughout the west. It's funny but Eugene was always to me way ahead, not behind, the culture curve. So but I guess everyone's point of reference is different. I certainly feel that as more diversity comes to Oregon, Eugene will lead the way in acceptance of it. But they aren't living in a bubble just because they haven't been exposed to what YOU have been exposed to. It's just their reality and probably the only reality they have ever known.
@@Justin.Martyr you need some therapy.
Interesting. I was born and raised in Oregon, and all of my family still lives there. My son attends UofO in Eugene. Granted, I’m white, but wouldn’t I have heard some whisper about this rampant racism?
Seattle Hate Crimes online + California's
Try Springfield.
I used to love to go to Alton Baker Park with all the pawns alongside the Willamette River sunbathing. It was so cool! And we would climb up to the top of Spencer's Butte before sunrise and sit on the rocks at the very top and watch the sun come up. That's how much I have invested in Eugene. But that was 40 years ago. Now it's a Democrat liberal lesbian lead communist socialist government. They can't be fixed
You’re so right! The lesbians and gays have ruined this city. I grew up up here and it’s just disgusting now.
I have to move I can’t do this anymore I’m a straight male and it’s not popular to be a straight male. It’s unreal how many gays live here.
This sucks, such a beautiful state, a beautiful city, and yet a sick group of people ruined it.
I went to college there at the University of Oregon and it was super, super, racist. I could give plenty of examples and I'm white!
I'm not sure about this video but I prefer Eugene over Portland. Portland is worse with Racism towards blacks and darker folks like myself
False
I do want to avoid walking cause people who hate u run u over and leave the area. So u can't report them that's kind of scary
the denial in the comments is the real root of this problem. Most Oregonians are extremely ignorant and racist, while refusing to consider the possibility that they may in fact be ignorant and racist. This was a KKK sundown state with Eugene as the Klan headquarters in my grandmas time.. that isnt very long ago and the hate and ignorance remains.
Yep, it’s funny and sad at the same time. The race issues are obvious to anyone growing up there and the people who wanna act like it isn’t real are just perpetuating ignorance
There's denial in the comments because Eugene is one the most liberal cities in the nation and people that live here aren't just going to sit there and be called something they are not.
Is there racism here? Yes, some, just like everywhere else on the planet.
But to portray Eugene today as some hotbed of Klan and neonazi activity is just absurd.
I take issue with the statement "most Oregonians are extremely ignorant and racist". This is absolutely absurd! Please provide some modern examples to prove your point! This condition does exist in isolated pockets for sure, but I traveled the state for years on my job and know first hand how intelligent and tolerant Oregonians are. So it is very disappointing to read this badly uninformed point of view. It just perpetuates the worst stereotypes out there and TBH is itself extremely ignorant.
@@associationofstupidyoutube2788 Agree totally. What the OP wrote is not true at all and I've lived in Oregon for 30 years. Eugene is a much different city than it was back in "grandmas" time.
The "denial in the comments" seems to be, to a great degree, advanced by folks in the POC community that live in Eugene....is their personal experience less valued than your opinion of what they SHOULD think and feel?
aye I feel the pain Brotha send the message I'm from this town too, shit coming up we were known as the black family
Jesus Christ that's the worst you can come up with? Boo fucking hoo
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@@Justin.Martyr Have you been to downtown Portland. It just breaks your heart that our state government allowed the destruction of our beautiful city. And it still looks like a war zone!!
Californians, that’s Oregon’s problem. Send them back.😅
Well I am white and love ebony women
As u should & just say black if u want: black woman ❤️
A friend of mine told me that eugene is the most transphobic town in the country, she says the town is a n open sore
If the open sore is an inverted penis on the city then yes. Eugene is one of the most gay friendly trans friendly cities in the world.
@@MaharlikaAWA The more people come out as trans the more it attracts losers to go out of their way to protest against people’s lives or identities. There’s always dual sides to everything, you shouldn’t just say that it’s ‘gay friendly’ as if there’s no problems.
@@phthalomorgan2377 well it is so...
@@phthalomorgan2377 well it is so...
I doubt that all of the "Black" people in the comments who say they are Black and have not experienced any problems are actually Black.
Perhaps they are only somewhat Black
@@froellig3970😮
The biggest crime is choosing to live in Oregon
Umm NO! Not even close. That would be Salem & Polk County. Your sources are just wrong. Much of Salem's hate groups & activity isn't as widely reported (as discussed briefly here) because the cops are a big part of the problem & the local MAGA & white nationalist attitude is very much a way of life. Salem is also Frump MAGA central in Oregon. Springfield is problematic to a far bigger degree than Eugene. That's just the current facts. When the KKK ran rampant in Eugene was several decades ago! Most people realize, some things have changed. Not necessarily for the better.
Springfield is departed by traffic lights. The two cities are intertwined enough to where springfields garbage will effect Eugene as well. Plus a lot of this mentality exists in Eugene proper as well
I’ve lived in both, I can confirm this. A lot of Springfield’s shit gets dragged into Eugene. I’ve encountered neo-nazis in both areas. But if you really want the worst of the worst? Just go to Malheur. @@baptizednblood6813
Oregon is basically still a white state, ranked 14th in terms of its "whiteness" in the US. But smack dab in the middle of it sits Eugene, a progressive university town. That makes it more diverse and with a more educated minority population but one that is still pretty isolated. All of this points to the situation being as described with the higher level of reported hate crimes. You are not going to see this level of hate crime reporting elsewhere due to the level of awareness being much lower. And of course its lower because not that many minorities living in these other towns are going to stick their neck out and report stuff.
Lol, yes Eugene is Klam Country
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Don't move here. There's already to many of us here now. go to Lufkin Texas. There's no one there. and better roads.
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