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According to Portland City Government Auditor Office website
"In 1886 Members of the anti-coolie league burn the shacks of the Chinese market gardeners and dynamite two laundries, giving all the Chinese 30 days to leave Portland. Forced out, many Chinese return to China or migrate to San Francisco leaving only 3,000.

1886 Anti-Chinese factions
Mayor John Gates intervenes against threats to expel the Chinese population from Portland by activating City militias and doubling the police force. "
This kind of historical practices made Oregon white.

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