Hello, we all know the history behind the “swastika”.

I hope in todays time we can all agree the swastika is not a good representation of humanity whatsoever. Interesting enough, Oregon decided to name a mountain, “Swastika Mountain” and that raises questions we ought to answer. Oregon is known for its “Supremacy”, in fact, in 1844 Oregon Country passed a law (black exclusions law) that required all freed black Americans to leave, they were not welcome.

By 1848, the entitled territorial government passed a law making it illegal for any “Negro or Mullatto” to live in Oregon Country. In 1850, under the Oregon Donation Land Act, “whites and half breed Indians” were granted 650 acres of land from the government. But any other person of color was excluded from claiming land in Oregon.

In 1857, as Oregon sought to become a state, it wrote the exclusion of blacks into its constitution: “No free negro or mulatto, not residing in this State at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall ever come, reside, or be within this State, or hold any real estate, or make any contract, or maintain any suit therein; and the Legislative Assembly shall provide by penal laws for the removal by public officers of all such free negroes and mulattoes, and for their effectual exclusion from the State, and for the punishment of persons who shall bring them into the State, or employ or harbor them therein.”

In 1859, now seeking to become a state, Oregon joined the union as “whites only”, THE ONLY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES TO START OUT “ALL WHITE”! 

Now is the time for Oregon to own its history and make a change for the people who embody the land. VOTE by signing this petition to rename “Swastika Mountain” !!!! (allegedly an unknown farmer branded his cattle with a swastika symbol, and that’s how the name came about).