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Wed Mar 23, 2016, 03:51 PM Mar 2016

Protesters Demand Saffron Colonial “Stop Romanticizing Colonialism”

Last week, much like Vasco da Gama, we discovered* a new British colonialism-themed restaurant on North Williams called Saffron Colonial, and questioned and questioned the wisdom of bringing a cocktail called the "Plantation Press" to a rapidly gentrifying street.


http://www.wweek.com/2016/03/21/protestors-demand-saffron-colonial-stop-romanticizing-colonialism/


It is my opinion as a Portland resident myself that many lily white Portland liberals are tone deaf to issues important to people of color. I find this shop extremely offensive to the African American community of N Portland especially since many have been PUSHED to Gresham.

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Protesters Demand Saffron Colonial “Stop Romanticizing Colonialism” (Original Post) fun n serious Mar 2016 OP
The protests have succeeded. The restaurant's name has been changed: Ken Burch Apr 2016 #1
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